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Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils: Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law

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Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women.

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Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils: Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law 2012, Palgrave MacMillan, London

ISBN-13: 9781349306985

2012 edition

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Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils: Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law 2012, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

ISBN-13: 9780230221482

Hardcover