Women’s rights and freedoms in Islamic jurisprudence pertaining to marriage and divorce: lessons for south Africa from Morocco and Tunisia?
type: CreativeWork
description: The objective of this doctoral thesis is essentially two-fold: first, it seeks to ascertain whether the rights and freedoms of Muslim women in the contexts of marriage and divorce are adequately protected in terms of Islamic jurisprudence, and secondly, whether any valuable lessons could be learnt in this regard by South Africa based on the specific legal experiences of two (other) African jurisdictions, notably Morocco and Tunisia.
abstract: The objective of this doctoral thesis is essentially two-fold: first, it seeks to ascertain whether the rights and freedoms of Muslim women in the contexts of marriage and divorce are adequately protected in terms of Islamic jurisprudence, and secondly, whether any valuable lessons could be learnt in this regard by South Africa based on the specific legal experiences of two (other) African jurisdictions, notably Morocco and Tunisia.
author: Booley, Ashraf
keywords: Muslim women, Islamic jurisprudence, Marriage, Divorce, Fundamental rights and freedoms, International and African human rights frameworks, Gender, Discrimination, Equality, Vulnerable groups, Morocco, Tunisia
license: https://uwcscholar.uwc.ac.za/bitstreams/fb82ec76-0e49-495a-a07f-ba025f95f22f/download
date published: 2014
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:00:42Z
provider: University of the Western Cape
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Western Cape