Search
Now showing items 41-49 of 49
Aspects of Dutch colonial family law related to the Indonesian rajah of Tambora’s exile at the cape
(Intersentia, 2020)
The Muslims who arrived at the Cape during the first period of Dutch colonisation in the seventeenth century hailed from different geographical locations, were of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds and, more ...
The Flying Hadji
(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, ...
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) ...
Islamic mode of estate distribution in South Africa
(Jordan Publishing LexisNexis, 2016)
It has been argued by some academics that the Islamic law of intestate succession discriminates against females due to its unequal distribution of shares in favour of males.' The general example used in this regard is when ...
Promoting minority rights in the context of economic, social and cultural rights in South Africa
(UNISA Press, 2002)
Introduction: It has been commonly thought that if
ethnic, religious and national minorities
are allowed to give expression to their
respective group attachments, then that
should be deemed sufficient protection
against ...
Muslim divorce and the 1996 Divorce Amendment Act: The cart before the horse?
(De Rebus, 1999)
The purpose of this article is to clarify some issues regarding Muslim divorces which have been the topic of debate in previous issues of De Rebus (1997 DR 495; 1998 (Jan) DR 55; 1998 (Aug) DR 31). The Divorce Amendment ...
Chapter 6: Culture and religion
(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 ...
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 ...