Competing Fundamentalisms and Egyptian Women's Family Rights

International Law and the Reform of Sharī'a-Derived Legislation
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-20309-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 1600 mm x 2400 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Brill's Arab and Islamic Laws Series

The debate surrounding women’s family rights under Shari’a-derived law has long been held captive to the competing fundamentalisms of universalism and cultural relativism. These two conflicting perspectives fail to promote practical tools through which such laws can be reformed, without prejudice to their religious nature. This book examines the development of Egypt’s Shari’a-derived family law, and its compatibility with international obligations to eliminate discrimination against women. It highlights the interplay between domestic reform processes, grounded in the tools of takhayyur, talfiq and ijtihad, and international institutions and mechanisms. In attempting to reconcile these two seemingly dissonant value systems, this book underscores the shortcomings of Egypt’s legislation, proposes particular reforms, while simultaneously presenting alternatives to insular interpretations of international women’s rights law.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in international human rights law, women’s rights, Islamic (Shari’a) law, and reform strategies based on the Shari’a, as well as the interaction between domestic and international institutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moussa, Jasmine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität

Über Autor(innen)

Moussa, Jasmine
Jasmine Moussa is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law. From
2008 to 2010 she was the desk officer in charge of Legal Affairs and Human Rights Affairs in the Cabinet of Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Jasmine Moussa is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law. From
2008 to 2010 she was the desk officer in charge of Legal Affairs and Human Rights Affairs in the Cabinet of Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.