Human Rights and Islamic Law: A Legal Analysis Challenging the Husband's Authority to Punish "Rebellious" Wives"

Q3 Social Sciences

Muslim World Journal of Human Rights Pub Date : 2011-02-21 DOI:10.2202/1554-4419.1207

Murad H Elsaidi

引用次数: 12

Abstract

Verse 4:34 of the Qur'an has historically been interpreted to give husbands authority over their wives. Even today, such as in a recent case in the United Arab Emirates, Islamic courts have held that the husband has some leeway in "disciplining" wives who act in a rebellious manner to their husbands. This article challenges this interpretation through a comprehensive legal analysis, taking into account (1) the context under which the verse came about, including the societal norms and conditions of the time; (2) the Prophet Muhammads profound views against violence towards women; (3) the values of marriage emphasized in the Quran; (4) the Qurans incremental approach to improving social behavior and practice; and (5) the higher objectives of Islamic law.

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人权与伊斯兰法:挑战丈夫惩罚“叛逆”妻子权威的法律分析

古兰经第4章第34节历来被解释为赋予丈夫对妻子的权威。即使在今天，比如最近发生在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一个案件中，伊斯兰法院也认为，丈夫在“惩戒”对丈夫表现出叛逆行为的妻子方面有一定的回旋余地。本文通过全面的法律分析来挑战这种解释，考虑到:(1)这首诗产生的背景，包括当时的社会规范和条件;(2)先知穆罕默德反对对妇女施暴的深刻见解;(3)《古兰经》所强调的婚姻价值;(4)《古兰经》在改善社会行为和实践方面的渐进式方法;(5)伊斯兰教法的更高目标。

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Muslim World Journal of Human Rights Social Sciences-Law

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期刊介绍： Muslim World Journal of Human Rights promises to serve as a forum in which barriers are bridged (or at least, addressed), and human rights are finally discussed with an eye on the Muslim world, in an open and creative manner. The choice to name the journal, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights reflects a desire to examine human rights issues related not only to Islam and Islamic law, but equally those human rights issues found in Muslim societies that stem from various other sources such as socio-economic and political factors, as well the interaction and intersections of the two areas. MWJHR welcomes submissions that apply the traditional human right framework in their analysis as well as those that transcend the boundaries of contemporary scholarship in this regard. Further, the journal also welcomes inter-disciplinary and/or comparative approaches to the study of human rights in the Muslim world in an effort to encourage the emergence of new methodologies in the field. Muslim World Journal of Human Rights recognizes that several highly contested debates in the field of human rights have been reflected in the Muslim world but have frequently taken on their own particular manifestation in accordance with the varying contexts of contemporary Muslim societies.