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Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century shows the wide range of Muslim
experiences in marital disputes and in seeking Islamic
divorces. For Muslims, having the ability to divorce in accordance
with Islamic law is of paramount importance. However, Muslim
experiences of divorce practice differ tremendously. The chapters
in this volume discuss Islamic divorce from West Africa to
Southeast Asia, and each story explores aspects of the everyday
realities of disputing and divorcing Muslim couples face in the
twenty-first century. The book’s cross-cultural and comparative
look at Islamic divorce indicates that Muslim divorces are impacted
by global religious discourses on Islamic authority, authenticity,
and gender;Â by global patterns of and approaches to
secularity;Â and by global economic inequalities and attendant
patterns of urbanization and migration. Studying divorce as a mode
of Islamic law in practice shows us that the Islamic legal
tradition is flexible, malleable, and context-dependent.
This book examines various conceptions of hayâ, or feelings of
shame, modesty and honor in Islam, and the practices associated
with this concept in both Muslim majority and minority contexts.
With a particular emphasis on definitions, continuities, changes,
and transformations, this book discusses the historical role and
function of hayâ’ in Islamic theology and law, as well as
contemporary Muslims’ engagements with the concept. It argues
that hayâ’ or modesty is the result of social constructions in
which ideas, objects and practices interact in different social and
cultural contexts. This book approaches conceptions of hayâ as
constructed and re-produced, through long processes in which the
naming, the idea, and the meanings of hayâ are continuously
reconfigured and adjusted across different regions. The volume
demonstrates that the concept of hayâ has undergone profound
transformations temporally and spatially. By doing so, it
contributes to our understanding of the human and social mechanisms
by which we conceive and see the phenomenon that is hayâ.
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