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SUMMARY:Can you Text a Divorce? Negotiating Women’s Rights in Law and So
 ciety - Professor Mona Siddiqui (University of Edinburgh)
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DESCRIPTION:Much of the practice of Islamic personal law is still located 
 in classical jurisprudence where marriage and divorce laws are essentially
  viewed as performative utterances.  Intention\, wording and finality are 
 fundamental to the validity of the marriage contract and the end of a cont
 ract.  Texting\, that most modern of communication is expression through t
 echnology but not oral utterance.  Yet\, recent cases in some Islamic coun
 tries shows that judges are allowing Muslim men to divorce via text.  Cont
 rary to popular perception and practice\, divorce is not a simple process 
 in jurisprudence but with the aid of texting\, any possibility of ethical 
 considerations towards the wife is being ignored.\n\nThis is the first in 
 a series of three lectures by Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Righ
 ts\, Mona Siddiqui. These will be followed by a concluding symposium. For 
 further information\, see http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25380 .
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 3
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