The following are Muslim family laws and family laws in countries with Muslim majority or minority communities. Many of the laws contain provisions that are explicitly discriminatory and unjust, which provides evidence that reform of the laws is necessary. The fact that there are differences in the different laws that all claim to be 'Islamic' demonstrates that the laws are not divine, thus reform of the laws is possible.
If you know of other Muslim family laws available online or in electronic form, please contact Musawah at info@musawah.org with the links or files and they will be added to this list.
Algeria
Droit de la Famille 1984 (Act No. 84-11) Français
Order No. 05-02 amending and supplementing the1984 Family Code
(18 Moharram 1426, corresponding to 27 February 2005) Français
Fiji
Family Law Act of 2003 and Family Law (Amendment) Act of 2005 English
Iraq
Personal Status Law of 1959 English
Jordan
Family Rights Law No. 92, 1951 Arabic
Personal Status Law, 1976 Arabic
Kenya
Kenya Kadhis’ Courts Act English
Kuwait
Personal Status Law No. 51, 1984 Arabic
Malaysia
Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984 (Act 303) English
Morocco
Family Code (Moudawana) 2004 Français Arabic English (unofficial translation)
Philippines
Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines (1977) English
Family Code of the Philippines (1987) English
Tunisia
Personal Status Code Français
Selected statutory provisions of Muslim personal status legislation in Arab states English
Taken from: Lynn Welchman, Women and Muslim family laws in Arab states: A comparative overview of textual development and advocacy (Amsterdam University Press 2007).
Information on Muslim family law systems in countries around the world can be found at the Islamic Family Law project of Emory University (last updated 2002). The site provides socio-cultural information from various regions as well as legal profiles of 38 countries.
Women’s Learning Partnership, an international network dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment, has compiled several charts, based on the Emory IFL project, that compare the family law systems in countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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