Religion, State Power, and Domestic Violence in Muslim Societies
A Framework for Comparative Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22934993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Hajjar (0000-0002-7566-5598, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 01 |
| Pages | 1-38 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Social Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0897-6546 • E-ISSN: 1747-4469 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2004.tb00329.x |
| OpenAlex | W2077731094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 53 |
| References cited | 39 |
This article focuses on the issue of domestic violence in Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The analytical framework is comparative, emphasizing four factors and the interplay among them: shari'a (Islamic law), state power, intrafamily violence, and struggles over women's rights. The comparative approach historicizes the problem of domestic violence and impunity to consider the impact of transnational legal discourses (Islamism and human rights) on “local” struggles over rights and law. The use of shari'a creates some commonalities in gender and family relations in Muslim societies, notably the sanctioning and maintenance of male authority over female relatives. However, the most important issue for understanding domestic violence and impunity is the relationship between religion and state power. This relationship takes three forms: communalization, in which religious law is separate from the national legal regime; nationalization, in which the state incorporates religious law into the national legal regime; and theocratization, in which the national legal regime is based on religious law.
Comparative law · Domestic violence · Geography · Human rights · Impunity · Islam · Legal pluralism · Legal realism · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Religious violence · Sharia · Sociology · State (computer science) · Suicide prevention · Gender and Women's Rights · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships
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Equality of Opportunity and the Family
Criminal Law and Justice
Parents’ prejudices or own religious orientation of Pakistani children
Marrying Contested Approaches
Anthropologies of Domestic Violence
Violence Against Women
Factors Influencing Attitudes to Violence Against Women
Intimate Partner Violence in the Middle East Region
Évolution des sources de soutien en faveur des droits politiques des femmes
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The Role of Family Violence on Mental Health and Hopefulness in an Iranian Adolescents Sample
Governing European Subjects
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Shame and honour
The role of the state and the pliability of tradition
Domestic Violence and Human Rights
Juridification as politics
Informal congregational social workers and promotion of social welfare in sermons
Regulation of domestic violence
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What Shapes Ambivalence towards ‘Feminism’ amongst the Clergy
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The power to change
Women’s perceptions of domestic, intimate partner violence and the government’s interventions in Nigeria
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Violence against women
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Women and Gender in Islam
The Rights of Women in Islam
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Islam, Law, and Custom
Islamic Marriage and Divorce Laws of the Arab World
Muslim Women’s Choices
The Legal Status of Women
The Rise and Fall of Fa'ezeh Hashemi
Islam and the Politics of Community and Citizenship
Political Authority in Crisis
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Faith and Freedom
Human Rights of Women
The status of Arab women in Israel
Women and politics in post‐islamist Iran
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Ta‘a and modern legal reform
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Islamic Law/Shari'a, Human Rights, Universal Morality and International Relations
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Women, Violence and Social Change
The Civil Rights Society
Mapping the Margins
Relativism and Universalism in Human Rights
Law, Politics, and Violence Against Women
Feminism and Islam, Legal and Literary Perspectives
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Embodied violence
Under Western Eyes
Women in Muslim Societies
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| Unique citing works | 53 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,52 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 52 |