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Modern Challenges to Islamic Law. By Shaheen Sardar Ali. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. 324. $41.99 (paper). ISBN: 9781107639096.
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Modern Challenges to Islamic Law. By Shaheen Sardar Ali. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. 324. $41.99 (paper). ISBN: 9781107639096.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2019
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8 Abdul Rashid v. Shahida Parveen 2013 YLR 2616 (Life spent by the wife with her husband could be considered consideration for khul‘.). Nasir v. Rubina 2012 MLD 1576 (The period of wedlock of the spouses, the birth of the children during the wedlock and second marriage of the husband can preclude the courts to order the return of dower to the husband.).
9 In March 2015, the legislature in Punjab amended the Family Courts Act 1964 to provide that upon khul‘, a wife must return 50 percent of deferred dower or 25 percent of her paid dower. Section 8 of the Family Courts (Amendment) Act 2015 amends section 10(5) of the Family Courts Act 1964.