Islamic perspective on the legality of marital rape in the framework of maqasid al shariah

• Main Authors: Mohd Nasri, Mohd Mukhlis, Awang Hamat, Mohd Afandi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, IIUM 2017
• Subjects: BP160 General works on Islam
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/73369/7/73369_Islamic%20Perspective%20on%20The%20Legality%20of%20Marital_accept.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73369/8/73369_Islamic%20Perspective%20on%20The%20Legality%20of%20Marital_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73369/; http://www3.iium.edu.my/irkhs/icij2017/userfiles/downloads/Program%20Book%20ICIJ2017%20-final%2016%20-%202-%202017.pdf

The term “marital rape” is commonly used by politicians, human rights activists, and feminists to refer to a husband who forces sexual intercourse upon his wife without her consent. Since some NGOs have reported to the United Nations about the elimination of discrimination against women in Malaysia,...