Decolonizing Human Rights by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim

This necessitates the reformation of Indonesian marriage laws. These include gender role stereotypes, the fuzziness of the obedience concept (nushūz) and linking maintenance to a wife’s obedience, and the ambiguity of marriage validity. : Decolonizing Human Rights (9781108417136) by An-Naim, Abdullahi Ahmed and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Employing both normative and socio-legal analysis, it finds that the state is unable to resolve the existing conflict between the requirements of the Law – which oblige the state to amend conflicting legislation – and the provisions of both civil and Islamic marriage laws, which create the potential for violence against women in the household.

This article discusses the opportunities and challenges for eliminating domestic violence in Indonesian Muslim society. Decolonizing Human Rights aims to illustrate the decisive role of human agency on the subject of change, without implying that Islamic or any other society are exceptionally disposed to politically motivated violence and consequent profound political instability. 15 See, e.g., the November 2016 lecture by Abdullahi Ahmed An-NaIm at the University of London Centre. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Decolonizing Human Rights. Decolonising human rights protection in Africa. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. human rights policy, 26 27, 41 human rights project, 119 20 human rights quality, 84 93 human rights regime, 9 10, 57 58, 85 human rights system, xi, 48, 58, 119 human rights tokenism, 90 91 human rights treaties, vii, 27, 105 6, 112 13 effects of, 8 language of, 47 motivation for enforcing, 83 USA refusal to ratify, 26 27 human rights values. For example, according to the National Commission on Anti Violence Against Women, a large number of Muslim divorces in the Religious Courts have involved domestic violence. Decolonizing Human Rights - Ebook written by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim.

Despite the enactment of a specific law on domestic violence, the elimination of violence in the household is still an elusive target in Indonesia.

Decolonizing Human Rights by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim