Islamic family law in Europe and the Islamic world: Current situation and challenges

Towards a Muslim Family Law Act? Debating Muslim women's rights and the codification of personal laws in India by Jones, J

“…Muslim personal laws in India have never been systematically codified, in marked contrast both to Hindu family laws in India and to Islamic family laws in much of the Muslim-majority world, both of which have been subject to a far greater degree of codification. …”

Muslim feminism as islamic modernism: women's activism in India between the Qur'an and the constitution by Jones, J

“…Based on writings and educational materials produced by these organisations, this article discusses their methods of harnessing the teachings of the Qur’an; their application of ‘Islamic feminist’ methodology to interpret Islamic family laws; their identification of equivalence between Islamic and constitutional values; and their attempts to engage the state in their efforts to promote the modernisation of Muslim personal law. …”

'Acting upon our religion': Muslim women's movements and the remodelling of Islamic practice in India by Jones, J

“…Simultaneously, this same framework for handling religious questions has historically given intra-community and clerical voices particular influence in regulating Muslim community affairs and family laws, compelling activists to seek women's empowerment in individual and local community contexts to further their objectives, including through the assertion of experimental forms of religious conduct.…”