Women's rights and Islamic family law :  perspectives on reform / 
edited by Lynn Welchman. 
 - London, UK ;  New York :  New York :  Zed Books ;  Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,  2004. 
 - 300 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-291) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Muslim personal status law in Egypt: the current situation and possibilities of reform through internal initiatives / Essam Fawzy. Social context. Personal status law in Egypt: an historical overview. Understanding the law: Egyptian family and social attitudes (results of the field study). Law no. 1 of 2000: a new personal status law and a step on the path to reform. General conclusions -- Part II. Islamic law and the transition to Palestinian statehood: constraints and opportunities for legal reform / edited by Penny Johnson and Lynn Welchman. Legal context: shariʻa courts and Muslim family law in the transitional period / Lynn Welchman. Palestinian interim governance: state legitimation, legal reform, and the shariʻa / Penny Johnson. Attitudes towards legal reform of personal status law in Palestine / Rema Hammami. Agents for reform: the women's movement, social politics, and family law reform / Penny Johnson. Appendix: case history / Fadwa al-Labadi -- Part III. No altars: a survey of Islamic family law in the United States / Asifa Quraishi and Najeeba Syeed-Miller. Islamic family law in American Muslim hands. The Muslim family in the USA: law in practice. Islamic family law in US courts. Future trends and predictions. Conclusion. Appendix: table of cases. Part IV. Domestic violence and shariʻa: a comparative study of Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia / Lisa Hajjar. Domestic violence and shariʻa. 
<br/><br/> Present day realities of Islamic family law are explored in this volume, with the focus on the rights of women. It draws on three case studies - Egypt, the West Bank & Gaza and the U.S. - which illustrate the different social environments in which Moslemcommunities live. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781842770955 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002036026 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA4W9445  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>012881555  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Domestic relations (Islamic law)<br/>Women (Islamic law)<br/>Domestic relations--Egypt.<br/>Domestic relations--Palestine.<br/>Domestic relations--United States.<br/>Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.<br/>Domestic relations.<br/>Domestic relations (Islamic law)<br/>Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.<br/>Women (Islamic law)<br/>Islamitisch recht.<br/>Vrouwen.<br/>Rechten.<br/>Familienrecht.<br/>Gleichberechtigung.<br/>Islam.<br/>Reform.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Egypt.<br/>Middle East--Palestine.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Aufsatzsammlung.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KBP540.3  / .I855 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340.5/9