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December 01, 2022Justice and Beauty in Muslim Marriage

Visiting Fellow Marwa Sharafeldin’s co-authored chapter with Lynn Welchman and Zahia Jouirou on "Muslim Family Laws: Trajectories of Reform."

Book coverCan Muslim family laws that are based on Islamic sacred precepts change? What have been the different pathways of reform towards gender equality and justice that reformers in the Muslim world have taken for these laws today?

Read Visiting Fellow Marwa Sharafeldin’s co-authored chapter with Lynn Welchman and Zahia Jouirou on “Muslim Family Laws: Trajectories of Reform.” The chapter is published in Musawah’s newly released book “Justice and Beauty in Muslim Marriage: Towards Egalitarian Ethics and Laws.”

A Feminist Reader’s Guide to Justice and Beauty in Muslim Marriage is free for download in both printable and digital formats. To make it more accessible for readers, and more approachable for reading groups who want to discuss the topics, there are chapter summaries, ‘Pause for Thought’ questions, and tips for facilitators.