Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century shows the wide range of Muslim experiences in marital disputes and in seeking Islamic divorces. For Muslims, having the ability to divorce in accordance with Islamic law is of paramount importance. However, Muslim experiences of divorce practice differ tremendously. The chapters in this volume discuss Islamic divorce from West Africa to Southeast Asia, and each story explores aspects of the everyday realities of disputing and divorcing Muslim couples face in the twenty-first century. The book’s cross-cultural and comparative look at Islamic divorce indicates that Muslim divorces are impacted by global religious discourses on Islamic authority, authenticity, and gender; by global patterns of and approaches to secularity; and by global economic inequalities and attendant patterns of urbanization and migration. Studying divorce as a mode of Islamic law in practice shows us that the Islamic legal tradition is flexible, malleable, and context-dependent.
Créé en 1999 par le Ministère de l’éducation nationale, de la recherche et de la technologie, au sein de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), l’Institut d’études de l’Islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (IISMM) est depuis janvier 2022 une Unité d’Appui à la Recherche (UAR 2500) EHESS/CNRS.
Le Bulletin d’informations de l’IISMM permet de suivre l’actualité de l’Institut ainsi que celle de la recherche sur l’Islam et les sociétés du monde musulman.