The Equality of Blood Money for Men and Women: Ayatollah Saanei’s Novel Hermeneutic in Gender Equality in Shiite Islam

Even though according to the fatwas of Shiite and Sunni jurists, the blood money of a Muslim woman is half that of a Muslim man, Ayatollah Yousuf Saanei, a prominent Iranian jurist, has questioned this famous fatwa for various reasons and voted for equal blood money for men and women. The ruling for...

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Main Author: Goudarzi, Masoumeh Rad (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2023
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 78-93
Further subjects:B Shiite Islam
B Gender Equality
B Islamic penal code
B Ayatollah Yousuf Saanei
B Iran’s justice system
B blood money
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