Marital breakdown in Muslim community in Malaysia
Malaysia has recently witnessed remarkable changes in family life of her population.In the context of divorce, most couples end up their marriage in divorce.The paper aimed at describing the incidence of divorce in Muslim Community in Malaysia.To meet this aim, the article utilizes a content analys...
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| author | Ismail, Zainab Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim Ab. Rahman, Asyraf |
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| description | Malaysia has recently witnessed remarkable changes in family life of her population.In the context
of divorce, most couples end up their marriage in divorce.The paper aimed at describing the incidence of divorce in Muslim Community in Malaysia.To meet this aim, the article utilizes a content analysis approach using secondary materials which include reports from Population and Housing Census of Malaysia and record
files of the Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia). The study shows that the divorce rates among Malaysian Muslims aged between 18 and 50 in the country is increased significantly.The data also reveal the highest divorce rates are found in the Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, followed by Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah. |
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| spelling | uum-188102016-10-05T04:55:11Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/18810/ Marital breakdown in Muslim community in Malaysia Ismail, Zainab Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim Ab. Rahman, Asyraf HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Malaysia has recently witnessed remarkable changes in family life of her population.In the context of divorce, most couples end up their marriage in divorce.The paper aimed at describing the incidence of divorce in Muslim Community in Malaysia.To meet this aim, the article utilizes a content analysis approach using secondary materials which include reports from Population and Housing Census of Malaysia and record files of the Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia). The study shows that the divorce rates among Malaysian Muslims aged between 18 and 50 in the country is increased significantly.The data also reveal the highest divorce rates are found in the Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, followed by Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah. IDOSI Publications 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/18810/1/MEJSR%2020%2011%202014%201440-1444.pdf Ismail, Zainab and Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim and Ab. Rahman, Asyraf (2014) Marital breakdown in Muslim community in Malaysia. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 20 (11). pp. 1440-1444. ISSN 1990-9233 http://www.idosi.org/mejsr/mejsr20(11)14/19.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Ismail, Zainab Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim Ab. Rahman, Asyraf Marital breakdown in Muslim community in Malaysia |
| title | Marital breakdown in Muslim community in Malaysia |
| title_full | Marital breakdown in Muslim community in Malaysia |
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| title_short | Marital breakdown in Muslim community in Malaysia |
| title_sort | marital breakdown in muslim community in malaysia |
| topic | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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