@article{ref1,
title=""It is your right to buy a divorce": judicial Khuluu in Zanzibar",
journal="Islamic law and society",
year="2019",
author="Stiles, Erin E.",
volume="26",
number="1-2",
pages="12-35",
abstract="Judicial khuluu (<Ar. khulʿ) in Zanzibar differs from judicial khulʿ in Arab countries that have recently introduced it through legislative reform. In Zanzibar's Islamic courts, khuluu is used primarily as a judicial mechanism for ending a marriage when a judge determines a wife to be responsible for the breakdown of the marriage. Zanzibari women rarely file for khuluu because it is expensive and is associated with a woman's failure in her marriage. Herein, I explain why judges in Zanzibar regard khuluu as a punitive measure that can be used to end a marriage when a woman is determined to be responsible for the marital discord, or when there are no grounds for judicial dissolution through fasikhi (<Ar. faskh, annulment).I also show that judges view khuluu as a right that a woman can exercise to extricate herself from marriage, a right that judges sometimes encourage in court.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0928-9380",
doi="10.1163/15685195-00254A06",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685195-00254A06"
}