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• W261719043 abstract "Lynn Welchman. Ed. Women's Rights and Family Law: Perspectives on Reform. London-New York: Zed Book Ltd, 2004. Pp. xii+300. Paperback. ISBN I 84277 095 0. No price given. Gender debate in the societies currently oscillates between two poles. On the one hand, the modernists and human rights activists advocate women's rights within the framework of international instruments of human rights whereas, on the other hand, the traditionalists summarily reject the modernist notions of human rights. Any initiative to provide social justice to women and improve their lot is generally dubbed by them as part of the Western agenda aimed at secularizing society. The traditionalists, on the whole, appear to be more or less satisfied with the present state of women's rights in the societies. The fact, however, is that women are among the oppressed segments of humanity, in more or less all countries of the world, including the countries. Women's situation is marred by injustice, oppression and exploitation. There is, therefore, a dire need that serious efforts be made to improve their status especially in societies, for it is indeed a matter of shame that there should be lack of fairness toward women in societies even though Islam had liberated them from wrong and injustice. It is, however, necessary that the agendas for promoting justice for women should primarily draw upon Islam's moral and legal norms as well as the objectives of the Shara'ah. The international instruments of human rights can also serve as an instrument for the achievement of women's rights and there is no harm in benefiting from them as long as they are not inconsistent with the Shara'ah. The book under review attempts to suggest improvements in women's condition in the domain of family law in the framework. It is a part of the project Islamic Family Law: Possibilities of Reform through Internal directed by Professor Abdullah Al-Na'im at the Law and Religion Program at Emory University. The book examines Family Law in Egypt, Palestine and USA. The choice of these countries was perhaps dictated by the fact that they represent three different models of Family Law. Some thematic studies from the perspective of human rights are also a part of the book, which comprises contributions of scholars from different disciplines of social sciences. Apart from Lynn Welchman, the editor, the authors include Essam Fawzy, Penny Johnson, Rema Hammami, Fadwa al-Zabadi, Asifa Quraishi, Najeeba Syeed Miller and Lisa Hajjar. The book is divided into four parts. Part I was written by Essam Fawzi under the title: Muslim Personal Status Law in Egypt: The Current Situation and Possibilities of Reform through International Initiatives (pp. 15-92) It presents a case study of the Personal Status Law in Egypt as well as the social attitudes in vogue there. At the outset the author provides an overview of the efforts made by the Egyptian government for the modernization of family law, then moves on to discuss some contested issues relating to Family Law such as judicial khul', qiw*mah (or the authority of men over women in family life), the wife's right to maintenance in case she works outside home without the husband's consent, polygamous marriages without the consent of the wife, etc. It is pertinent to note that the Personal Status Law of Egypt represents many adaptations with the purpose to improve the status of women. Among the areas where the legislators in Egypt have tried to adapt the Shar*'ah rules are the following: fixing of minimum age for marriage, limitations on the father's absolute authority (wil*yah al-ijb*r), contractual stipulations, and judicial khul'. It is also pertinent to mention that the duly recognised khul' in Law requires the consent of the husband for the grant of khul' at the request of the wife. In other words, khul' is based on the principle of mutual agreement between the spouses. …" @default.
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