Islamic divorce in the twenty-first century : a global perspective /

Islamic divorce in the twenty-first century : a global perspective /

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Imprint:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Description:	xv, 217 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts.
Subject:	Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Divorce -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Husband and wife (Islamic law) Separation (Islamic law) Divorce (Islamic law) Divorce (Islamic law) Divorce -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Husband and wife (Islamic law) Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Separation (Islamic law)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12753765

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Varying Form of Title:	Islamic divorce in the 21st century
Other authors / contributors:	Stiles, Erin E., editor. Yakin, Ayang Utriza, 1978- editor.
ISBN:	9781978829060 197882906X 9781978829077 1978829078 9781978829084 9781978829091
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century shows the wide range of Muslim experiences in marital disputes and in seeking Islamic divorces. For Muslims, having the ability to divorce in accordance with Islamic law is of paramount importance. However, Muslim experiences of divorce practice differ tremendously. The chapters in this volume discuss Islamic divorce from West Africa to Southeast Asia, and each story explores aspects of the everyday realities of disputing and divorcing Muslim couples face in the twenty-first century. The book's cross-cultural and comparative look at Islamic divorce indicates that Muslim divorces are impacted by global religious discourses on Islamic authority, authenticity, and gender; by global patterns of and approaches to secularity; and by global economic inequalities and attendant patterns of urbanization and migration. Studying divorce as a mode of Islamic law in practice shows us that the Islamic legal tradition is flexible, malleable, and context-dependent"--

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