Family Arbitration Using Sharia Law: Examining Ontario's Arbitration Act and its Impact on Women

Bakht, Natasha

doi:10.2202/1554-4419.1022

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“…Muslim kontemporer seperti Abdullahi An-Na'im dan Fatima Mernissi menguji kembali sumber-sumber hukum Islam dan menyimpulkan bahwa Islam pada dasarnya mempunyai prinsip dasar kesetaraan jender. 20 Feminis Muslim melihat bahwa diskriminasi jender lebih merupakan perilaku sosial dibandingkan dengan sikap alami al-Qur'ân. 21 Ketiga, pada prinsipnya, hukum Islam sangat fleksibel sesuai dengan prinsip ṣâlih} li kull makân wa zamân.…”

Section: Sintesis Antara Keadilan Tuhan Persamaan Jender Dan Ham Daunclassified

Eklektisisme dalam Taqnîn Hukum Keluarga di Dunia Islam

Ghofur

Sulistiyono

2015

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The Qur’ân was revealed with justice and equality for human beings regardless of their sex, race, social class and ethnicity, as cardinal principles and intrinsic values in Islamic sharî‘a. If this is the case, modern Muslim society with Islamic law is necessarily of equality and justice. However, their family laws which are grounded on assumptions of past centuries and have little bearing on contemporary realities have not reflected gender relations. Inequality that occurs within the context of Muslim family laws is one of the subtle but most pervasive areas of discrimination against women. It has resulted in a different set of dynamics that help create new demands in favor of change of laws. This study explores the reform strategy through legal mobilization in the Muslim family laws around the world. The findings of the study reveal that the substantive and pluralistic legal mobilization is important to Muslims, and the reinterpretation and renewal of laws have been mobilizing debates among both proponents and opponents, framed by orientations to the modernists who advocate reinterpretation of the original sources and the traditionalists who insist on literal adherence to the received doctrinal corpus.

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Section: Sintesis Antara Keadilan Tuhan Persamaan Jender Dan Ham Daunclassified

Eklektisisme dalam Taqnîn Hukum Keluarga di Dunia Islam

Ghofur

Sulistiyono

2015

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“…Simply put, religious arbitration has no way of guaranteeing an equitable outcome for a woman. Since family pressure can push a woman into abandoning her brideprice and not receiving alimony, or religious courts may disregard Western standards of domestic abuse, women's groups firmly oppose Muslim arbitration councils and have led the fight against them in Canada and Britain (Bakht 2004).…”

Section: Family Law and Violence Against Women: Implications For The mentioning

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“…Ontario's Arbitration Act sets up a separate area for resolution of family issues outside of the traditional court system. Arbitration as experienced in Ontario is positive in that it allows individuals to resolve issues tied to religion that may not be decided by the judicial system—as one judge puts it, issues that “bind the conscience” as opposed to matters of “enforceable civil law” (Bakht 2004, 11). However, certain cases, such as divorce, show that arbitration councils may be less successful in guaranteeing women's rights than the rights of minority communities (Bakht 2004, 1).…”

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What Is the Relationship between Inequity in Family Law and Violence against Women? Approaching the Issue of Legal Enclaves

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“…Le présent article s'intéresse à la controverse survenue en 2002–2005 à l'occasion de la mise en place des tribunaux d'arbitrage religieux en Ontario. Dans la lignée de la question philosophique posée par Susan Moller Okin (1999), Yael Tamir (1999) et Ayelet Shachar (2011), soulignant les contradictions potentielles entre féminisme et multiculturalisme, la littérature spécialisée présente ce débat comme un cas paradigmatique d'opposition entre le droit des femmes et la délégation de droits aux groupes (Bakht, 2007 ; Manjikian, 2007 ; Thornback, 2005).…”

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La controverse sur les tribunaux d'arbitrage religieux ontariens: un non-dit identitaire?

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2014

Can J Pol Sci

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RésuméLe présent article s'intéresse à la controverse survenue en 2002–2005 à l'occasion de la mise en place des tribunaux d'arbitrage religieux en Ontario. Il contribue aux travaux existants sur la question en mobilisant de nouvelles sources empiriques. Une attention particulière est accordée au discours des acteurs sociaux opposés à la mise en place de tribunaux d'arbitrage. Nous verrons que la plupart des opposants à l'arbitrage ne conçoivent pas le débat en termes d'opposition entre la religion et les principes féministes, mais centrent l'essentiel de leur argumentation sur le danger que constituerait, selon eux, un islam perçu comme oppressif et étranger. La controverse sur l'arbitrage religieux devient l'occasion de revendiquer une « identité canadienne » occidentale, à la fois laïque et judéo-chrétienne. De ce point de vue, on peut rapprocher l'épisode ontarien des controverses européennes relatives à l'islam qui ont émergé au cours de la dernière décennie, comme l'affaire des caricatures de Mahomet au Danemark, la polémique sur les minarets en Suisse, ou l'interdiction du voile intégral en Belgique.

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Family Arbitration Using Sharia Law: Examining Ontario's Arbitration Act and its Impact on Women

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Eklektisisme dalam Taqnîn Hukum Keluarga di Dunia Islam

Eklektisisme dalam Taqnîn Hukum Keluarga di Dunia Islam

What Is the Relationship between Inequity in Family Law and Violence against Women? Approaching the Issue of Legal Enclaves

La controverse sur les tribunaux d'arbitrage religieux ontariens: un non-dit identitaire?

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