Women, the Koran and international human rights law :
Shah, Niaz A.
Women, the Koran and international human rights law : the experience of Pakistan / Niaz A. Shah. - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006. - 1 online resource (262 pages). - Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights, v. 4 1871-7829 ; . - Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index.
Acknowledgements; Human Rights in Islam: An Introduction; PART 1 ISLAMIC REFORMS AND THE EVOLUTION OF ISLAMIC LAW; CHAPTER 1 The Position of Women in Pre- and Post-Islamic Arabia; CHAPTER 2 The Equality of Men and Women in the Koran; CHAPTER 3 The Evolution of Islamic Law and Ijtihad; PART II WOMEN AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN; CHAPTER 4 The Role of Islam in Drafting the Constitution; CHAPTER 5 Gender Equality and the 1973 Constitution; CHAPTER 6 Islamisation of Criminal Laws; CHAPTER 7 Women's Rights and the Family Laws; PART III WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS: A COMPARISON.
Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatibility, reconciliatory, and proposes a contextual interpretive approach. It argues for effective implementation procedures to turn women's human rights into reality.
9789047410171 9047410173 9789004152373 9004152377
10.1163/ej.9789004152373.i-263 doi
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Pakistan.
Women's rights--Pakistan.
Women (Islamic law)
Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Women (Islamic law)
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights.
Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
Pakistan.
KPL516 / .S528 2006eb
305.42095491
Women, the Koran and international human rights law : the experience of Pakistan / Niaz A. Shah. - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006. - 1 online resource (262 pages). - Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights, v. 4 1871-7829 ; . - Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ; v. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index.
Acknowledgements; Human Rights in Islam: An Introduction; PART 1 ISLAMIC REFORMS AND THE EVOLUTION OF ISLAMIC LAW; CHAPTER 1 The Position of Women in Pre- and Post-Islamic Arabia; CHAPTER 2 The Equality of Men and Women in the Koran; CHAPTER 3 The Evolution of Islamic Law and Ijtihad; PART II WOMEN AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN; CHAPTER 4 The Role of Islam in Drafting the Constitution; CHAPTER 5 Gender Equality and the 1973 Constitution; CHAPTER 6 Islamisation of Criminal Laws; CHAPTER 7 Women's Rights and the Family Laws; PART III WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS: A COMPARISON.
Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatibility, reconciliatory, and proposes a contextual interpretive approach. It argues for effective implementation procedures to turn women's human rights into reality.
9789047410171 9047410173 9789004152373 9004152377
10.1163/ej.9789004152373.i-263 doi
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Pakistan.
Women's rights--Pakistan.
Women (Islamic law)
Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Women (Islamic law)
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights.
Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
Pakistan.
KPL516 / .S528 2006eb
305.42095491