Browsing Book and Book Chapters (Faculty of Law) by Subject "Muslim Personal Law"

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    • Chapter 6: Culture and religion 

      Moosa, Najma; Mbatha, Likhapa; Bonthuys, Elsje (Juta, 2007)
      This chapter deals with the relationship between gender equality and rights to practice culture and religion. In South Africa this relationship is of crucial importance to women who live according to the rules and principles ...

    • The Flying Hadji 

      Moosa, Najma (Stellenbosch: Institute for Theological Interdisciplinary Research (EFSA) in cooperation with CCAWT Research, 2000)
      All things considered, becoming a Muslim theologian was high on my list of possible vocations at the end of high school. Unfortunately for me, this was not to be I was a Muslim woman with a dream at the wrong time. Instead, ...

    • Parental Care and the Best Interest of the Child in Muslim Countries 

      Moosa, Najma (T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague, 2017)
      This chapter on South Africa critically analyses the evolution of the concept of the best interests of the child, and specifically how it pertains to the fields of care (custody), contact (access), guardianship and ...

    • The role that lay Muslim judges play in state courts and religious tribunals in South Africa: A historical, contemporary and gender perspective 

      Moosa, Najma (Kluwer, 2002)
      Taking the example of a religious adjudicative body for Muslims in the Western Cape in South Africa, this article analyses the symbiotic working relationship between state courts and non-state dispute settlement bodies, ...