Download or read book The Status of Women Under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation written by Jamal J. Nasir and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has long been a need for an objective study such as this dealing with the legal rights and obligations of women under the Sharia and under modern Arab Islamic legislation. Seen within the broad principles of Islamic law, the book examines the status of women with regard to marriage, the iddat, parentage and fosterage and custody, and fi lls an important gap left by recent and more general publications on Islamic law.