The Question of Divorce and the Mandate of the Jurist Over the Unwilling Husband in Lebanese Muslim Shiʿi Jurisprudence: A Legal Reform?

This article examines Muḥammad Mahdī Shams al-Dīn's unstudied work, Fasād al-ʿalāqa al-zawjiyya: Wilāyat al-ḥākim al-sharʿī. Shams al-Dīn, who at the time was the head of the Supreme Islamic Shiʿi Council (SISC) and oversaw the religious courts in Lebanon dealing with personal status laws (marr...

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Main Author: Berry, Moulouk (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2019, Volume: 59, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 360-383
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Shi'ah / Rechtsprechungslehre / Divorce law
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
XA Law
Further subjects:B Islamic Shiʿi judicial divorce
B Lebanese Shiʿi religious courts
B the Mandate of the jurist
B Muḥammad Mahdī Shams al-Dīn
B Shiʿi marriage
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