Islamic Marriage Contract in Usa Pdf
This resource provides an overview of marriage and divorce among American Muslims for judges, lawyers, lawyers, social service providers, imams, community leaders, and community members. The guide explores Islamic and American family law issues regarding the religious and cultural practices of American Muslim couples and families. There is a significant difference between Islam as a faith and the different cultures of individual Muslims, but faith-based marital celebration is a common practice, similar to most Americans. Most couples with Islamic marriage contracts straddle the U.S. legal system when they register for a civil marriage license, and for some in the event of divorce, when they submit the contract to a U.S. court for enforcement. Since potential problems and barriers may arise at this interface due to a lack of understanding between the court and the parties, this resource is intended to facilitate the process by bridging the information gap. With a better understanding, legal professionals can help protect the civil rights of Muslims and all Americans, and Muslim communities can support couples by ensuring that their matrimonial rights are preserved. resources on domestic violence in Muslim communities; Islamic women`s rights; and notions of gender, race, culture and identity for Muslim women. Building on a history of shared values and overlapping work, the Partnership to End Gender Islamophobia brings together HEART, Justice for Muslims Collective and Vigilant Love to build analytics, tools and powers to reduce gender Islamophobia. This workshop is specifically aimed at practitioners in the field of gender-based violence and gender equality. We focus on how practitioners can better understand how sexist Islamophobia manifests itself in their work and how they can respond holistically.
The workshop will focus on the intersection of gender-based Islamophobia, gender-based violence and reproductive justice. The workshop focuses on the invisibility of state violence for understanding gender-based violence and in particular the impact of the war on terrorism and Islamophobia on Muslim survivors of gender-based violence. In addition, this workshop includes discussions on intra-community solidarity and what can be done in broader Asian-American spaces to combat gender-based Islamophobia. Maha Alkhateeb Peaceful Families Project sponsored by the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence & Battered Women`s Justice Project 2012. . .