Historical Rupture or Continuity?: Insights into the Appointment of Female Qadi Hanāʾ Manṣūr-Khaṭīb, First Female Judge in Israeli Religious Courts

From the point of view of the institutional legal history of shariʿa courts in Israel, the article focuses on the elements of rupture and/or continuity introduced by the appointment of Hanāʾ Manṣūr-Khaṭīb as the first female judge in Israeli religious courts against the background of three main elem...

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Autore principale: Edres, Nijmi 1986- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Brill [2020]
In: Hawwa
Anno: 2020, Volume: 18, Fascicolo: 2/3, Pagine: 226-264
Notazioni IxTheo:BH Ebraismo
BJ Islam
KBL Medio Oriente
XA Diritto
Altre parole chiave:B Palestinians with Israeli citizenship
B Muslim minority in Israel
B shariʿa courts
B female judgeship
B Israele
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Riepilogo:From the point of view of the institutional legal history of shariʿa courts in Israel, the article focuses on the elements of rupture and/or continuity introduced by the appointment of Hanāʾ Manṣūr-Khaṭīb as the first female judge in Israeli religious courts against the background of three main elements, the subordination of shariʿa courts to the Israeli legal system, the reaction of shariʿa courts to the challenges posed by secular and conservative Muslim actors inside the Palestinian minority, and the definition of gender roles in the Muslim judiciary in Israel. Despite some elements of rupture with the past, the article argues that the appointment is part and continuation of an active strategy of the pragmatic use of “the past” of Islamic legal tradition already pursued by shariʿa courts since 1995, and that the appointment of Manṣūr-Khaṭīb can be inscribed in a framework of “patriarchal liberalism,” following the definition of Moussa Abou Ramadan, proving that, still, gender is anything but irrelevant.
ISSN:1569-2086
Comprende:Enthalten in: Hawwa
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15692086-12341378