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Akhtar, R. (2022) Contemporary issues in marriage law and practice in Qatar. HAWWA : Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 20 (1-2). pp. 124-158. doi:10.1163/15692086-12341389 ISSN 1569-2078.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1163/15692086-12341389
Abstract
This paper discusses changing marriage practices in modern-day Qatar, drawing on empirical data gathered in a socio-legal study involving interviews with individual citizens and residents about their marriage and family experiences, and with legal personnel and experts in family law. It presents a unique insight into evolving relationship behaviours occurring within and on the periphery of Qatar’s family-law framework in the context of its population make-up, historic traditions, trends in education, and globalisation. Changing practices examined include ‘late’ first marriages and ‘marrying out.’ The empirical research findings are used to analyse the link between the administrative process of obtaining permission to marry out and non-state-registered marriages, the gender imbalance in the treatment of those marrying out, and the link between child custody rights and unofficial marriages. The emerging narrative depicts couples navigating marriage laws and utilising non-state-registered ‘religious-only’ marriages as a temporary measure to overcome legal and administrative hindrances.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law [Moys] > KD Religious Systems K Law [Moys] > KT Asia and Pacific |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Domestic relations , Domestic relations (Islamic law) , Marriage law , Intermarriage -- Law and legislation -- Qatar, Marriage (Islamic law), Matrimonial actions (Islamic law) -- Qatar, Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Islam | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | HAWWA : Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Brill | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1569-2078 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 20 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1-2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 124-158 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1163/15692086-12341389 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 February 2023 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 February 2023 |
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