1st Edition
Rethinking Muslim Personal Law Issues, Debates and Reforms
Introduction
Hilal Ahmed
Part 1. History and Law
Chapter 1. Of Statutes and Scriptures: Diversity, Democracy, Personal Laws and Courts
M. R. Shamshad
Chapter 2. Muslim Personal Laws from a Cross-national and Comparative Law Perspective
Werner Menski and Kalindi Kokal
Chapter 3. Decoding Uniform Civil Code (UCC): A Sociological Analysis
Abdul Matin
Chapter 4 Muslim Personal Law Reform and Human Rights
Furqan Ahmad
Part II. Politics and Law
Chapter 5. Muslim Personal Law and Triple Talaq: Claims, Counter-claims and the Media Discourse
Nazima Parveen
Chapter 6. Triple Talaq Bill and Reforming the Muslim Personal Law in India
Maidul Islam
Chapter 7. Politics of Shariat in Postcolonial India
Hilal Ahmed
Part III. Gender and Law
Chapter 8. Challenging the Hegemonic Discourse: All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board and Gender Justice
Misbah Rashid
Chapter 9. Gender Equality Should Guide the Process of Reforming Family Laws and Not National Integration
Irfan Engineer
Select Bibliography
Index
Biography
Hilal Ahmed is Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India.
R. K. Mishra is Senior Professor and ONGC Subir Raha Chair Professor at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India.
K. N. Jehangir is Faculty Member (Students’ Mentor) at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India.
