SRS 3315 Lecture 17: Islam and Law
22 Mar 2017
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In most countries family law has mostly stayed in the domain of the shari"a. Today"s example : marriage and divorce in the iranian legal code. Since 1501 shi"ism has been state-religion, government and ulama needed each other to stay in power. This facilitated development of shi"i qh and independence of the. This balance of power started to change when ideas of secularization reached iran in the early 20th century. 1928: civil code was established, on many points contradicting the accepted interpretation of the shari"ah. Also, the founding of state courts with secular judges. Ulama were able to keep power in the area of family law until shah regained power after 1951 white revolution. > many laws that had been in accordance with the shari"a were abolished at that time. End of the 1970"s > protest turned into revolution (1979) Revolution turned islamic: iran became an islamic republic.
