Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 7 Number: 2 Page: 133–143
doi:10.2167/laic269.0
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The Mudawwana and Koranic Law from a Gender Perspective. The Substantial Changes in the Moroccan Family Code of 2004
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Yolanda Aixelà Cabré
Departamento de Humanidades Contemporáneas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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This paper shows how Koranic Law was enshrined in the Moroccan Family Code (the Mudawwana) in its first draft between the years 1957 and 1958. The changes that were included in 1993 and especially in 2004 partially modify the philosophy of Islamic resources and give more freedom of action to women. At present, the Mudawwana Code – as well as the Tunisian Madjala Code from 1956 – displays a substantially different content from the rest of the family codes of the Muslim-Arab World. Morocco appears to have taken a clear position regarding the duty of the modern state to uphold equal citizenship, but nonetheless maintains – with rather weak arguments – a polygamous marriage that perpetuates women's subordination to men.
Keywords: Muslim women, Islamic law, Moroccan law, migrant Muslim woman
© 2007 Y.A. Cabré
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