The position of women in the Muslim family between cultural construction and textual foundation: a critical analysis within the Wasatiyyah framework

• Main Authors: Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah, Abdullah, Ismail
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Research Management Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
• Subjects: BP188.16 Wasatiyyah. Moderation In Islam; KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49959/1/FORMAT_OF_FULL_VERSION_OF_RESEARCH_REPORT%28IREP%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49959/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The question of the position of women in the family in the contemporary Islamic literature is one the much contested issues between the vanguards of orthodoxy and Muslim feminist advocates. To the conservative `ulama, predominantly, in spite of a great deal of custom based laws conferring somewhat r...