Control and Sexuality: The Revival of Zina Laws in Muslim Contexts

This book examines zina (adultery) laws in Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey, as well as in their broader historical context within the Islamic legal tradition, in order to explore connections between the criminalisation of sexuality, gender-based violence and women's rights activis...

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Main Authors: Hamzić, Vanja, Mir-Hosseini, Ziba
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Women Living Under Muslim Laws 2010
Subjects:
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HQ The family. Marriage. Women
JQ Political institutions (Asia
Africa
Australia)
KBP Islamic Law
KL Asia and Eurasia
Pacific Area
and Antarctica
Pacific
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/16959/
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/16959/1/Hamzic%20%26%20Mir-Hosseini%20-%20Control%20and%20Sexuality%20-%20The%20Revival%20of%20Zina%20Laws%20in%20Muslim%20Contexts.pdf
http://www.wluml.org/sites/wluml.org/files/CaS%20e-book.pdf
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Summary:This book examines zina (adultery) laws in Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey, as well as in their broader historical context within the Islamic legal tradition, in order to explore connections between the criminalisation of sexuality, gender-based violence and women's rights activism. "It is most timely that this publication should emerge when issues of culture and human rights are being debated in many venues in the international arena: within the United nations; in national and transnational, mainstream and alternative media outlets; and across social and political movements." (Farida Shaheed, UN Independent Expert on Cultural Rights)

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