Islamic perspectives on the legality of marital rape in the framework of maqasid al-shariah

• Main Authors: Mohd Nasri, Mohd Mukhlis, Awang Hamat, Mohd Afandi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: The Islamic Quarterly Journal of Islamic Perspectives 2018
• Subjects: BP160 General works on Islam
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/73335/1/73335_Islamic%20perspectives%20on%20the%20legality%20of%20marital%20rape.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73335/2/73335_Islamic%20perspectives%20on%20the%20legality%20of%20marital%20rape_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73335/; http://www.iccuk.org/downloads/IQ_Contents_62-1.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The term “marital rape” is commonly used by politicians, human rights activists, and feminists to refer to a husband who forces sexual intercourse upon his wife without her consent. Since some NGOs have reported to the United Nations about the elimination of discrimination against women in Malaysia,...