Protecting Muslim women against abuse of polygamy in Malaysia: Legal perspective

• Main Authors: Kamaruddin, Zaleha, Abdullah, Raihanah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Brill 2008
• Subjects: KPG Malaysia
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65708/1/HAWWA%20-%20Polygamy.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65708/7/65708%20Protecting%20muslim%20women%20against%20abuse%20of%20polygamy%20in%20Malaysia%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65708/; http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156920808x347250
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Polygamy remains a controversial issue not only in Malaysia but also in many Muslim countries around the world. From the legal perspective, Muslim men, who choose to enter into polygamous marriages and abuse it, largely due to the absence of eff ective measures taken to curtail the problems bring th...