Divorce and remarriage among Muslims in India

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Divorce and remarriage among Muslims in India

edited by Imtiaz Ahmad

Manohar, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Divorce is usually studied in terms of two distinct perspectives. One focuses on the procedure laid down for giving the seal of final authority to a divorce. The other explores the processes that are set in motion once the stability of a marriage is threatened. The latter perspective does not see divorce in isolation but treats it in the wider context of social structure. When divorce in Muslim communities is discussed, the tendency quite often is to place theology and law at the centre. This book recognizes that divorce in Muslim communities entails substantial theological and legal dimensions, but takes as its point of departure the view that it is only by placing divorce in the social and cultural context that meaningful conclusions can be arrived at. It examines, in the light of empirical evidence, the incidence of divorce and separation, the social and other causes due to which divorce and separation takes place, and the position of divorced women in society as well as their prospects of remarriage. In the process substantial methodological and theoretical questions relevant to the study of divorce as a social phenomenon are raised. The book has an immediate practical aim as well. Muslim law of divorce, particularly the provision of triple divorce, which vests a unilateral right in the husband to pronounce a summary divorce upon his wife, has been the subject of considerable controversy. Essentially, the papers brought together in this book are sociological analyses of divorce and remarriage among Muslims in India and the data thrown up as part of these analyses should clear some points in the controversy.

目次

  • Preface
  • Introduction: Theology, Law & the Sociology of Muslim Divorce Practices in India
  • Between Two Worlds: Divorce among Asamiya Muslims of Guwahati
  • Muslim Womens Divorce & Remarriage in a Town of Western Uttar Pradesh
  • A 'Uniform Customary Code'? Marital Breakdown & Womens Economic Entitlements in Rural Bijnor
  • Muslim Women in the Indian Family Courts: A Report from Chennai
  • Divorce & Separation among Muslims in West Bengal
  • Personalizing Islam in Communicating Divorce
  • Cunning, Deceit & Vindictiveness: Case Studies of Divorced Muslim Women & Men in North India
  • Chowdu (Divorcee): A Study of Divorced Women among the Rajamundari Muslims of Andhra Pradesh
  • Muslim Women & Divorce: Two Case Studies
  • Male Privilege, Female Anguish: Divorce & Remarriage among Muslims in Bihar
  • Divorce & Remarriage among Muslims of Jammu & Kashmir: A Socio-Legal Study
  • A Long Way to Go: Divorce Practices among Muslim Families of Hyderabad City
  • Mehr & Divorce among Muslims in Mirzapur District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh
  • Muslim Women & the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961: A Study of Selected Divorce Cases
  • Muslim Divorce & the Discourse around Muslim Personal Law
  • Muslim Law of Divorce in India: A Legal Reflection
  • Divorce & Remarriage Among Indian Muslims: A Sociological Reflection
  • Index.

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