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- Title
Legislating Religious Freedom: An Example of Muslim Marriages in South Africa.
- Authors
AMIEN, WAHEEDA; LEATT DHAMMAMEGHĀ, ANNIE
- Abstract
The article discusses the legalization of religious freedom and Muslim marriages in South Africa as of January 2014. Topics include the efforts to recognize these marriages in the country, the history and the process to recognize the 2010 Muslim Marriages Bill (MMB), which recommends that legal recognition be afforded to Muslim marriages and proposes a comprehensive framework for the regulation of Muslim family law, and a brief history of religion, politics and rule in the country
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; MARRIAGE (Islamic law); MARRIAGE; FREEDOM of religion (Islamic law); RELIGION &; marriage; MUSLIM families; ISLAM
- Publication
Maryland Journal of International Law, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 1, p505
- ISSN
2151-2922
- Publication type
Article