Identity and Authority: Changes in the Process of Debates over the Islamic Marriage Contract among C...

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" Identity and Authority: Changes in the Process of Debates over the Islamic Marriage Contract among Contemporary Muslim-Arab Intellectuals "

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	802730
Doc. No	:	TL47901
Call number	:	‭1613246008;‮ ‬3634230‬
Main Entry	:	Swanson, Maria Lebedeva
Title & Author	:	Identity and Authority: Changes in the Process of Debates over the Islamic Marriage Contract among Contemporary Muslim-Arab Intellectuals
	:	\ Nayel A. Badareen
	:	Lucas, Scott C.
College	:	The University of Arizona
Date	:	2014
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2014
field of study	:	Near Eastern Studies
Page No	:	375
Note	:	Committee members: Betteridge, Anne H.; Darling, Linda T.; Nassar, Maha T.
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-14495-6
Abstract	:	Throughout Islamic history, Islamic schools of law (<i>madhāhib </i>) enjoyed tremendous authority. In addition, traditional religious institutions that have taught the doctrines of the various Islamic schools of law have also wielded similar authority within the Arab-Muslim states. However, Arab-Muslim intellectuals challenged the authority of these <i> madhāhib</i> both from within the <i>madhāhib</i> and from outside of them. As a result, consensus (<i>ijmā</i>`) reached by past jurists of the <i>madhāhib,</i> has also been challenged in favor of a new type of <i>ijtihād</i> known as collective <i>ijtihād.</i> This new method of <i> ijtihād</i> allows professional women to participate in the process of lawmaking alongside men as reforms are made to Islamic family law. As a consequence of this legal process, the authoritarian method of traditional consensus (<i>ijmā</i>`) has been weakened in favor of more inclusive methods which allow for the creation of laws that are more favorable to women.
Subject	:	Islamic Studies; Near Eastern Studies
Descriptor	:	Social sciences;Family law;Islamic contract;Marriage
Added Entry	:	Lucas, Scott C.
Added Entry	:	The University of Arizona
	:	Near Eastern Studies