POLI 366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Sharia, John Rawls, Discourse Ethics
1 May 2016
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Court ordered him to pay more to second wife, judge commented on inequalities to women. Led to a lot of debate, eventually in 1986 the. Muslim women (protection of rights and divorce) bill was passed. Was a move toward a complete civil code, and away from sharia being the ultimate law on family matters in. The bill made divorced women the financial responsibility of male family members, and if they couldn"t support her then community welfare boards were meant to help; means women were still dependent on men, on a patriarchal community. The original woman eventually withdrew her case and went back to the original alimony amount because of community pressure: the existence of religious personal law in india is a legacy of british colonialism, scarf affair in france: There are many different kinds of scarves signalling different national backgrounds and distances from tradition.
