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The new framework planned for the legal recognition and regulation of Muslim marriages in a secular South Africa: From litigation to law reform
(Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta, 2022)
Muslims, who originate from the East Indies and the Indian subcontinent,
have a history in South Africa dating back more than three centuries.
Attempts by South African Muslims to have their Muslim marriages (nikāḥs)
recognized ...
South Africa: Indian Law
(Oxford University Press, 2009)
The South African legal system comprises common law (Roman-Dutch and English law developed through case law) legislation and (mainly African) customary law with elements of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Zoroastrian (Parsi) ...
The new framework planned for the legal recognition and regulation of Muslim marriages in a secular South Africa: From litigation to law reform
(Ahkam Journal, 2022)
Muslims, who originate from the East Indies and the Indian subcontinent, have a history in South Africa dating back more than three centuries. Attempts by South African Muslims to have their Muslim marriages (nikāḥs) ...
An Analysis of the Human Rights and Gender consequences of the New South African Constitution and Bill of Rights with regards to the recognition and implementation of Muslim Personal Law
(The University of the Western Cape, 1996)
Prior to the new constitutional dispensation in South Africa all women had identities of race and gender imposed on them. With a new dispensation in place Muslim women, however, still have to deal with identities attributed ...
South Africa: Homosexual Muslims in South Africa: Some legal implications, including constitutional, marriage and succession’
(Intersentia, 2022)
This chapter focuses on the succession rights and testamentary freedom of male (gay) and female (lesbian) homosexuals in Islam and in South Africa. It highlights that, although the practice of male homosexuality and same-sex ...