TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shah,Niaz A.
TI  - Women, the Koran and international human rights law: the experience of Pakistan 
T2  - Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights,
SN  - 9789047410171
AV  - KPL516 .S528 2006eb
U1  - 305.42095491 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
KW  - Women
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - Women (Islamic law)
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Droits
KW  - Pākistān
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Feminism & Feminist Theory
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - pplt
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Koran
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - Reform
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index; Acknowledgements; Human Rights in Islam: An Introduction; PART 1 ISLAMIC REFORMS AND THE EVOLUTION OF ISLAMIC LAW; CHAPTER 1 The Position of Women in Pre- and Post-Islamic Arabia; CHAPTER 2 The Equality of Men and Women in the Koran; CHAPTER 3 The Evolution of Islamic Law and Ijtihad; PART II WOMEN AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN; CHAPTER 4 The Role of Islam in Drafting the Constitution; CHAPTER 5 Gender Equality and the 1973 Constitution; CHAPTER 6 Islamisation of Criminal Laws; CHAPTER 7 Women's Rights and the Family Laws; PART III WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS: A COMPARISON
N2  - Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatibility, reconciliatory, and proposes a contextual interpretive approach. It argues for effective implementation procedures to turn women's human rights into reality
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