Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia

The disagreement opinions among Muslim scholars about permissibility for women to hold public office positions seem to be a never ending episode. The issue has been raised by Muslims all over the world, whereby the root cause is actually related to the misunderstanding of Muslim scholars about so...

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Main Authors: Abdul Karim, Asar, Ghalia, Bouhedda, Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid
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Published: 2015
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spelling my.iium.irep.472902023-02-02T06:35:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47290/ Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia Abdul Karim, Asar Ghalia, Bouhedda Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid HQ1101 Women. Feminism J General legislative and executive papers KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh The disagreement opinions among Muslim scholars about permissibility for women to hold public office positions seem to be a never ending episode. The issue has been raised by Muslims all over the world, whereby the root cause is actually related to the misunderstanding of Muslim scholars about some controversial nuṣūṣ which related to the issue. Therefore, the objective of the study is to examine the reality of those arguments made by the Muslim scholars and the subsequent effects in the issue of fatwas by the scholars pertaining to the matter. The study also will include the finding data collected from a sample of 369 Malaysian Muslims respondents who met certain criteria set by the study conducted by the researchers; results of the study show several significant findings. The most important finding is the majority of respondents agreed that women can hold some public office positions, but not all the positions. The findings therefore will help to address the issue more appropriately and plan for better educational programs. 2015-08 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47290/1/47290.pdf Abdul Karim, Asar and Ghalia, Bouhedda and Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid (2015) Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia. In: USM International Conference on Social Sciences (USM-ICOSS 2015), 27th-28th Aug. 2015, Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort, Penang. http://www.soc.usm.my/index.php/en/links/latest-news/154-usm-international-conference-on-social-sciences-2015-usm-icoss-2015
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topic HQ1101 Women. Feminism
J General legislative and executive papers
KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
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J General legislative and executive papers
KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
Abdul Karim, Asar
Ghalia, Bouhedda
Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid
Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia
description The disagreement opinions among Muslim scholars about permissibility for women to hold public office positions seem to be a never ending episode. The issue has been raised by Muslims all over the world, whereby the root cause is actually related to the misunderstanding of Muslim scholars about some controversial nuṣūṣ which related to the issue. Therefore, the objective of the study is to examine the reality of those arguments made by the Muslim scholars and the subsequent effects in the issue of fatwas by the scholars pertaining to the matter. The study also will include the finding data collected from a sample of 369 Malaysian Muslims respondents who met certain criteria set by the study conducted by the researchers; results of the study show several significant findings. The most important finding is the majority of respondents agreed that women can hold some public office positions, but not all the positions. The findings therefore will help to address the issue more appropriately and plan for better educational programs.
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author Abdul Karim, Asar
Ghalia, Bouhedda
Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid
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Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid
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title Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia
title_short Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia
title_full Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia
title_fullStr Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia
title_sort women’s public office positions in islāmic jurisprudence: the case of malaysia
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