Moosa, E2012-08-192012-08-192010https://hdl.handle.net/10161/5745The recognition of Muslim family law in South Africa is embedded in a long history of political struggle by the country's Muslim minority. With constitutional recognition for religion-based family and human rights safeguards, the proposed Muslim family law bill has landed in a quagmire of intra-Muslim disputes. The stand-off is between orthodox and ultra-orthodox Muslim clerics, the latter who find a human rights-friendly regime of Muslim family law to be antithetical to their view of religion, while orthodox and progressive Muslim groups find such accommodation to be acceptable to their religious convictions.enMuslim family law; Muslim personal law; Islamic law; South Africa; ulama; South African constitution; religion and law; Muslim minorityBook section