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Sharia and public policy in Egyptian family law
Berger, M.S.
Publication date 2005
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Citation for published version (APA): Berger, M. S. (2005). Sharia and public policy in Egyptian family law. in eigen beheer.
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Abü Zayd, Nasr 93ff
Adoption 42,65
Apostasy definition of ~ 89-91 ~ in interreligious law 32, 40 ~ in international conflicts law 69
Blasphemy 95, 100
Bridal gift, see Dower
Changing religion (see also Apostasy) ~ in interreligious law 31-33, 40 ~ in international conflicts law 68-69, 79 procedure to ~ to Islam 33
Characterization 56
Citizenship 27, 35, 76-78, 115, 126
Conflict(s) law (sometimes also: private international law) definition 16 Egyptian ~ 52ff European origins of ~ 52, 74 internal ~ (see also Interreligious law) 54ff interreligious ~, see Interreligious Law Islamic ~ 51-52
Connecting factor nationality as ~ 55, 73, 75, 78, 81 religion as ~ 53-54, 59, 75 domicile (or residence) as ~ 15, 54, 75, 78
Constitution, Egyptian ~ 97, 99, 126
Conversion, see Changing religion
Court(s), Family ~ abolition of ~ 29, 107 milli ~ 30-31, 105-107 national ~ 29, 41 Sharïca ~ 105-107
Custody 43, 61, 72
Dar ~ al-Islam 76, 104
165 ~ al-Harb 76, 104
Dhimmi definition in fiqh 27, 51-52, 105 'modern' ~ 49-50
Discrimination ~ based on color or etnicity 71 ~ based on gender 71 ~ based on religion 72
Divorce ~ by the wife 66 ~ for Catholics 46, 55, 83 ~ for Greeks and Italians 79ff unilateral ~ (talaq) 45, 66
Dower (mahr) 63,71,110,112
Explanatory Memorandum ~ to the Civil Code 34, 58 ~ to Law 462 of 1955 49, 83, 106
Family law(s) duality of ~ 46, 102 Egyptian Muslim ~ 23-24 Egyptian Non-Muslim ~ 30-31 ~ as general law 28, 46-47, 107, 130 ~ as special law 28, 39, 130 plurality of ~ 25, 55, 77, 84, 102
Fiqh 103ff
Freedom - of belief 97ff ~ of choice 88 ~ of divorce 66 ~ of marriage 42 ~ of religion 97ff, 105
Hanafi doctrine
~ in Egyptian law 27, 113
Harbï 27
Heresy (zandaqa) 95, 96
Hisba 94
Human rights 97, 100
Ijtihad 136
Inheritance law (also: intestate law, law of succession m Islamic ~ 28, 38, 66-67 non-Muslim ~ 29
Interreligious law definition 17-18, 103, 116 ~ in Egyptian law 25, 26, 48-49 ~ in Hanaff fiqh 104-105
Jurisdiction ~ in the fiqh 104-105 ~ of the Muslim (or: Sharica) court 105, 109ff ~ of non-Muslims over Muslims 41, 105
Law(s) comparative ~ 20 conflict ~, see Conflict(s) law general ~, see Family law as general law interreligious ~, see Interreligious law Islamic ~, see Sharica ~ Nr. 462 of 1955 25, 28, 32-34 personal ~ 52, 53 special ~, see Family law as special law
Mancini 53, 57, 73
Marriage ~ between Muslim woman and non-Muslim man 39, 62 ~ between non-Muslims of different rite and sect 29, 44 substantive conditons to ~ 63 validity of ~ 45, 62 voidable ~ 33, 65, 110
Musta'min 27,52
Non-Muslim
recognized ~ communities in Egypt 30, 106
Obligations, marital 64
Party autonomy 39
Polygamy 45, 63, 82-83
Protection ~ of rights, see Right(s) ~ of family life 48 ~ of non-Muslim principles 112 Principles, essential ~ of Islamic law 36, 73, 83, 92-93, 112, 120 ~ of Muslim family law 36 ~ of non-Muslim family law 44-46, 48, 82ff
Public policy
167 consequences of applying ~ in European laws 17 Dutch ~ 15 Egyptian ~, definitions: Dhimmi ~ 37, 43, 48, 123 general ~ 60-61, 70 Islamic ~ 43, 45, 48, 60-61, 71, 121 negative ~ 37, 41ff, 48 positive ~ 37, 38ff, 47 ~ by the Court of Cassation 34-35 ~ in the Civil Code 34 ~ in interreligious law 34 ~ in the legal literature 35-36 English ~ 20, 57 European ~, definitions: 16-17 negative 17 positive 17 European origins of ~ 17, 57 French ~ 20, 57 ~ in Hanafi fiqh 109ff ~ in interreligious law 33
Right(s) constitutional ~, see Constitution essential ~ of Islamic law 71 fundamental ~ 74 human ~, see Human rights ~ of God 74, 94, 97 ~ of Muslims 35, 59, 96-97, 122 ~ of non-Muslims 48, 81ff, 112 ~ of religious minorities 85, 126
Rite(s) Definition of ~ 30 non-Muslim ~ in Egypt 30
Rule(s) Islamic ~, see Principles, essential ~ of Islamic law Mandatory ~ 59
Sect(s) Definition of ~ 30 non-Muslim ~ in Egypt 30
Sharïca Definition of ~ 20-24, 103 ~ in the Egyptian Constitution 23, 69, 97, 126
Jaiaq, see Divorce, unilateral
Testament (or testamentary succession) 67-68
Testimony ~ of non-Muslim against a Muslim 40
168 Tolerance, religious ~ 85-87, 128
Unbelief (kufr) 95ff, 100
Unification of personal status laws 46-47, 76ff
Waiting period (cidda) 42, 63, 109-110, 112
Witnesses ~ to conversion to Islam 33 ~ to Islamic marriage 37, 40-41, 44-45, 63-64, 68, 102-109-110, 112-113
169