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“The legal penalty for fornication”

This opinion is based on the Sunni Hanafi system of jurisprudence, and many of the arguments can be used to build a consensus among the umma that stoning is unacceptable or can be avoided. In this opinion, The Shaykh goes into great detail on the extreme burden of proof needed to prove...

“The myth of misogyny: a re-analysis of women’s inheritance in Islamic law”

In this article Chaudhry argues that the ratio of distribution between men and women is not two to one in all cases where men and women of the same class are inheriting together, and more importantly, that the distribution of inheritance through the fixed shares legislated by the Qur’an is not...

“To Make Martyrs of Their Children: Female Genital Mutilation, Religious Legitimation and the Constitution”

This chapter deals with immigration issues and asylum in the United States and the controversy over FGM. 

“Violence against women in Arab and Islamic Countries”

In Arab and Islamic countries, domestic violence is not yet considered a major concern despite its increasing frequency and serious consequences. Surveys in Egypt, Palestine, Israel and Tunisia show that at least one out of three women is beaten by her husband. The indifference to this type of...

“Violence against Women, Cultural/Religious Traditions and the International Standard of Due Diligence”

Judith Wyttenbach provides an overview of areas of conflict between women’s rights, cultural traditions and state interventions and examines the question of whether freedom of religion and minority rights, protect by international and regional human rights treaties, can challenge the...

“Violence Against Women: A Cross-Cultural Perspective”

Examining public attitudes towards violence against women, this paper provides a wider perspective by discussing violence against women in the Arab world and beyond with a cross-cultural overview followed by a focus on Saudi society. It presents the findings of an opinion survey conducted among...

“What is our share? A look at the laws of inheritance”

Qur’anic verses define as heirs several classes of kin that were previously unable to inherit – most notably women such as wives, daughters, mothers and sisters – and distributed the estate in an equitable way that was a drastic improvement from the pre-Islamic scheme. The Qur’an specifies three...

“Who says Shari’a demands the stoning of women?: A description of Islamic law and constitutionalism”

Quraishi gives a very interesting lecture describing the methods by which Muslim scholars derive fiqh and shariah and implement them. She uses stoning to illustrate the various pathways this method could take, particularly focusing on what constitutes authority when issuing...

“Wife Battery in Islam: A Comprehensive Understanding of Interpretations”

This article presents a comprehensive discussion of Islamic interpretations of wife beating. Four schools with varying Islamic perspectives on the issue of wife beating are explored. The schools are classified based on the severity of the patriarchal values reflected in the structural...

“Wife Beating in Islamic Perspective”

The question in this post is: “Does Islam allow wife beating? Some husbands are violent and they say that the Qur'an allows them to beat their wives. Is there any logical explanation given regarding men being allowed to beat their wives, as stated in surat An-Nisa', verse 34?” The reply...