In Quest of Equity? The Muslim Marriage Contract

Abstract: This paper provides an Islamic critique of the recent Muslim Marriage Contract and reform of Islamic law in general. Given the plurality of Islamic law, it asks whether we can ever establish what is and what is not Islamic. It argues that what makes one position Islamic and another un-islamic is the authority it appeals to. Muslim jurists have throughout their history made arguments and defences based on Divine Sources. Further they have sought to establish a legitimate process by which Islamic law is formulated. In order to meet the bar of Islamic law it has to not only…