Adjudicating Family Law in Muslim Courts

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While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries – Sunni and Shi'a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understanding of shari'a law in practice in a number of different cultural and political settings. It shows how the existence of differing views of what shari'a is, as well as the presence of a vast body of legal material which judges can refer to, make it possible for courts to interpret Islamic law in creative and innovative ways. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Preface 1 From Jurists’ Ijtihad to Judicial Neo-Ijtihad: Some introductory observations 2 Shari‘a Courts and Muslim Family Law in Lebanon 3 The Application of Muslim Personal Law in India: A system of legal pluralism in action 4 Family Law in Pakistan: Using the secular to influence the religious 5 The Enforcement of Personal Status Law by Egyptian Courts 6 Courts and the Reform of Personal Status Law in Egypt: Judicial divorce for injury and polygamy 7 The Potential Within: Adjudications on shiqaq (discord) divorce by Moroccan judges 8 Family Law in Post-Revolutionary Iran. Closing the doors of ijtehad? 9 Islamic Family Law in Secular Turkish Courts Glossary Index