Gender and equality in Muslim family law :  justice and ethics in the Islamic legal tradition / 
edited by Ziba Mir-Hosseini ... [et al.]. 
 - viii, 279 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - Library of Islamic law ;  5 .
 - Library of Islamic law ;  5. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Muslim family law and the question of equality /  Justice, equality and Muslim family laws : new ideas, new prospects /  Qiw塭a in Egyptian family laws :'wifely obedience' between legal texts, courtroom practices and realities of marriages /  Egyptian women's rights NGOs : personal status law reform between Islamic and international human rights law /  The religious arguments in the debate on the reform of the Moroccan family code /  From local to global : sisters in Islam and the making of Musawah : a global movement for equality in the Muslim family /  Gender equality and the doctrine of Wil塹a /  The status of women between the Qur'an and Fiqh /  Gender equality and the hadith of the prophet Mohammad : reinterpreting the concept of Ma財m and Qiw塭a /  Rethinking men's authority over women : Qiw塭a, Wil塹a, and their underlying assumptions /  Revisiting women's rights in Islam :'egalitarian justice' in lieu of'deserts-based justice' /  The paradox of equality and the politics of difference : gender equality, Islamic law and the modern Muslim state /  Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe --  Ziba Mir-Hosseini --  Mulki Al-Sharmani --  Marwa Sharafeldin --  A詣ha El Hajjami --  Zainah Anwar --  Muhammad Kahlid Masud --  Nasr Abu-Zayd --  Faqihuddin Abdul Kodir --  Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari --  Mohsen Kadivar --  Anver M. Emon.  Introduction: 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848859227 (hardback) 1848859228 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Domestic relations (Islamic law)<br/>Equality before the law (Islamic law)<br/>Muslim women--Legal status, laws, etc.