Developments in Islamic Law relating to Sexual and Gender Diversity

Hamzić, Vanja

Abstract

Drawing on the examples from Seljuk, Mamluk and Ottoman laws and societies, this paper presents some conflicting historiographies and hermeneutics of Islamic law relating to human sexual and gender diversity. It focuses, in particular, on the (social) principle of concealment (star) and the question of private/public distinction in the pre-modern Muslim legal and social ethos.

Citation

Hamzić, V. (2012, November). Developments in Islamic Law relating to Sexual and Gender Diversity. Paper presented at Religion and Human Rights: Religion in Private and Public Spaces, Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Religion and Human Rights: Religion in Private and Public Spaces
• Start Date: Nov 1, 2012
• End Date: Nov 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Sep 4, 2013
• Keywords: Islamic Law, Islamic Legal Tradition, Islamic Social Tradition, Private Space, Public Space, Mamluk, Seljuk, Ottoman, Gender, Sexuality, Satr
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference