04306nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-54614-3 DE-He213 20251030112036.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240511s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031546143 978-3-031-54614-3 10.1007/978-3-031-54614-3 doi K3236-3268.5 JPVH bicssc LAW013000 bisacsh JPVH thema Mukaddam, Fatima. author. (orcid)0009-0008-3720-7861 https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3720-7861 aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 76649 Muslim Women between Community and Individual Rights [electronic resource] : Legal Pluralism and Marriage in South Africa / by Fatima Mukaddam. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XI, 152 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Gender, Justice and Legal Feminism, 2948-166X ; 4 Introduction and Background -- Theoretically Contextualising the Project -- Contextualising Legal Pluralism -- South Africa’s History of Colonialism and Apartheid -- Locating Islam in South Africa: History of Mosques and Muslim Organisations -- Compromising Legislation – Upholding the Patriarchy -- Social Context of Women’s Experiences -- The Collusion of the Patriarchs -- Muslim Personal Law and the State: Legal Pluralism and Its Discontents. This book presents an in-depth exploration of the intricate negotiations of married Muslim women within Cape Town’s Muslim communities, navigating the complexities of legal pluralism governed by Muslim Personal Law (MPL). Spanning historical epochs from colonialism to the democratic era, it argues that MPL’s informal status perpetuates patriarchal norms, especially in the domain of marriage. It critically examines the consequences of the non-recognition of Muslim marriages within the civil legal framework and underscores the ambiguous intersections of MPL with broader legal systems, which leaves women in a precarious legal state overshadowed by religious doctrines. Adopting a gender perspective and an interdisciplinary approach that combines political science, sociology, and the law, the book reveals the historical roots of legal pluralism, while also shedding light on the political strategies that have perpetuated gender-stratified citizenship. Despite all the democratic promises, legal pluralism persists, contributing to gender disparities, and the book critically examines the government’s reluctance to address the marginalisation of Muslim women, especially through the lens of the proposed Muslim Marriages Bill (MMB). This book is essential reading for scholars in the fields of law, sociology, and gender studies, offering critical insights into the intersections of legal systems, religion, and gender dynamics within Muslim communities in Cape Town. Human rights. 58427 Law Philosophy. 67596 Law History. 67597 Private international law. 65660 Conflict of laws. 65661 International law. 58292 Comparative law. 65662 Religion and law. 59491 Human Rights. 58427 Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. 67600 Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law. 65667 Law and Religion. 73855 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031546136 Printed edition: 9783031546150 Printed edition: 9783031546167 Gender, Justice and Legal Feminism, 2948-166X ; 4 76650 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54614-3 ZDB-2-LCR ZDB-2-SXLC 59775 59775