An analysis on the issues of the rights of spouses in the Islamic family law in Malaysia by Abu Bakar, Md Zawawi, Wan Abdullah, Wan Abd Rahman Khudzri

“…This paper intends to analyze problems regarding mutual rights of Muslims married couple in Malaysia.It has drawn the attention of many researchers to carry out studies on this issue since there have been accusations and complaints on the implementation of the Islamic Family Law (IFL) by the Syariah Court, which is said to have discriminated the wife/women of their rights.The qualitative approach research employed interviews and content analysis as method of study on the Islamic Family Law as well as on the documented cases.The results of the research showed that among the most disputable cases were matters related to polygamy, fasakh, jointly acquired property and children custodian.Conversely, all data were analyzed by using the qualitative data analysis, concluded that the Islamic Family Law in Malaysia has infact implemented the concept of equality.…”
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The rights of wives living with HIV/AIDS according to the perspective of Islamic family law by Abu Bakar, Md Zawawi, Md. Zain, Rajwani, Wan Abdullah, Wan Abd Rahman Khudzri

“…The Islamic Family Laws (IFL) grants certain rights to each husband and wife including the ones living with HIV/AIDS.The infection rate of HIV/AIDS among housewives increases each year. …”
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Illegitimate child in Malaysia by Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Wan Abdullah, Wan Abd Rahman Khudzri, Abu Bakar, Md Zawawi, Ab. Rahman, Asyraf

“…Until now little is known about the exact number of illegitimate child in Malaysia.Following the growing number of illegitimate child in Malaysia in recent years, research on illegitimate child has become the focus of extensive concern, and the discussion of illegitimate child has been considered necessary.Illegitimate child is related to problems such as inheritance, guardianship in marriage, the question of incest, and many others related to Islamic family law. The National Fatwa Council holds the opinion that only a child born after six months from the date of marriage can be considered legitimate.This paper discusses the main categories of illegitimate child according to Islamic law.Two informants related to lineage law in Malaysia have been interviewed.Data for this study are gathered through unstructured interviews.Results show that there are three categories of illegitimate child according to the Islamic law in Malaysia, namely a child born as a result of rape, a child born from pregnancy did not reach 6 months, as well as a child born from a pregnancy before marriage.…”
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