Muslim feminists’ reading of the Qur’an: a juristic analysis on family law issues

• Main Authors: Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah, Mohd Yunus, Saidatolakma, Ali, Mohammed Farid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Sharia, IAIN Samarinda 2018
• Subjects: KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects; KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/64817/1/article%20in%20Mazahib%20Journal.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/64817/; https://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/mazahib/article/view/1056
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Muslim feminist movement represents an indigenous voice among the contemporary literature on women and family. Its main contention is that women in Muslim society are accorded less favourable treatment especially in terms of legal rights. To remedy the situation, feminist scholarship’s main argument...