LEADER 04839nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910816448203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-40031-9 010 $a9786611400316 010 $a90-474-1017-3 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004152373.i-263 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399457 035 $a(EBL)468397 035 $a(OCoLC)237070774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000273547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206438 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10313875 035 $a(PQKB)10837052 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC468397 035 $a(OCoLC)74649197 $z(OCoLC)156734887 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047410171 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL468397 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10234879 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL140031 035 $a(PPN)174397577 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399457 100 $a20061020d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen, the Koran and international human rights law $ethe experience of Pakistan /$fNiaz A. Shah 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cMartinus Nijhoff Publishers$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights,$x1871-7829 ;$vv. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-15237-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tHuman Rights in Islam: an Introduction /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 1. The Position of Women in Pre- and Post-Islamic Arabia /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 2. The Equality of Men and Women in the Koran /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 3. The Evolution of Islamic Law and Ijtihad /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 4. The Role of Islam in Drafting the Constitution /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 5. Gender Equality and the 1973 Constitution /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 6. Islamisation of Criminal Laws /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 7. Womens Rights and the Family Laws /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 8. Towards an InternationalWomens Human Rights Regime /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 9. Universality of Human Rights: Its Challenges /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tChapter 10. Koranic, Pakistani and Human Rights Standards: a Comparison /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tConclusion /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tGlossary of Islamic Terms /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tBibliography /$rNiaz a. Shah -- $tIndex /$rNiaz a. Shah. 330 $aReligion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatible, reconciliatory (compatible), and proposes a contextual interpretive approach. It is argued that the current gender discriminatory statutory Islamic laws in Islamic jurisdictions, based on the decontextualised interpretation of the Koran, can be reformed through Ijtihad : independent individual reasoning. It is claimed that the original intention of the Koran was to protect the rights of women and raise their status in society, not to relegate them to subordination. This Koranic intention and spirit may be recaptured through the proposed contextual interpretation which in fact means using an Islamic (or insider) strategy to achieve gender equality in Muslim states and greater compatibility with international human rights law. It discusses the negative impact of the so-called statutory Islamic laws of Pakistan on the enjoyment of women?s human rights and robustly challenges their Koranic foundation. While supporting the international human rights regime, this book highlights the challenges to its universality: feminism and cultural relativism. To achieve universal application, genuine voices from different cultures and groups must be accommodated. It is argued that the women?s human rights regime does not cover all issues of concern to women and has a weak implementation mechanism. The book argues for effective implementation procedures to turn women?s human rights into reality. 410 0$aStudies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ;$vv. 4. 606 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zPakistan 606 $aWomen's rights$zPakistan 606 $aWomen (Islamic law) 606 $aWomen's rights$xReligious aspects$xIslam 615 0$aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aWomen's rights 615 0$aWomen (Islamic law) 615 0$aWomen's rights$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 676 $a548 700 $aShah$b Niaz A$0603433 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816448203321 996 $aWomen, the Koran and international human rights law$93973745 997 $aUNINA