Add to ORKGThis Article thus has two goals. The first is to show how the Muslim conception of marriage diverges from the Christian-influenced norms that dominate American law and society. Understanding this divergence provides a necessary background to Islamic mahr contracts. The second goal is to provide lawyers and judges with a doctrinal framework within our current law for analyzing these contracts and reaching sensible results in concrete cases
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Registration of marriages is one of the debatable issues among contemporary Muslim scholars. Consid...
This Article explores the unique status of religious law as a hybrid concept that simultaneously ret...
This Article thus has two goals. The first is to show how the Muslim conception of marriage diverges...
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It is often said that marriage in Islamic law is a civil contract, not a sacrament. If this is so, t...
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In the last 30 years English law has seen a small but steady proliferation of shari’a councils thoug...
This Article advocates for the creation of Muslim arbitral tribunals in the United States. These tri...
This article explores the practice of Islamic family law in the UK. It draws on empirical data from ...
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This paper examines the Islamic legal doctrine of mahr - an inherent component to the marriage contr...
Starting from the second half of the last century, a great emphasis has been put on Shari’a as a ce...
At the beginning of 2014, about a dozen states introduced or re-introduced bills to ban the use of S...
Registration of marriages is one of the debatable issues among contemporary Muslim scholars. Consid...
This Article explores the unique status of religious law as a hybrid concept that simultaneously ret...
This Article thus has two goals. The first is to show how the Muslim conception of marriage diverges...
The global Muslim population is currently estimated at 1.8 billion people, comprising twenty-four pe...
Muslims living in a secular, liberal democratic state face a fundamental dilemma: reconciling the ob...
This article is a Comment on Nathan Oman, Bargaining in the Shadow of God\u27s Law: Islamic Mahr Co...
It is often said that marriage in Islamic law is a civil contract, not a sacrament. If this is so, t...
Generally, Islam permits a wife to stipulate any conditions in a marriage contract. The Muslim juris...
In the last 30 years English law has seen a small but steady proliferation of shari’a councils thoug...
This Article advocates for the creation of Muslim arbitral tribunals in the United States. These tri...
This article explores the practice of Islamic family law in the UK. It draws on empirical data from ...
In discussing personal status codes, the article focuses on three specific issues: the right of a wo...
This paper examines the Islamic legal doctrine of mahr - an inherent component to the marriage contr...
Starting from the second half of the last century, a great emphasis has been put on Shari’a as a ce...
At the beginning of 2014, about a dozen states introduced or re-introduced bills to ban the use of S...
Registration of marriages is one of the debatable issues among contemporary Muslim scholars. Consid...
This Article explores the unique status of religious law as a hybrid concept that simultaneously ret...