Sharia of domestic violence is Surah 4:34. Sharia has been criticized for ignoring women's rights in domestic abuse cases. Musawah, CEDAW, KAFA and other organizations have proposed ways to modify sharia-inspired laws to improve women's rights in Muslim-majority nations, including women's rights in domestic abuse cases. Shari'a is the basis for personal status laws in most Islamic-majority nations. These personal status laws determine rights of women in matters of marriage, divorce and child custody. A 2011 UNICEF report concludes that sharia law provisions are discriminatory against women from a human rights perspective. In legal proceedings under sharia law, a woman’s testimony
Council of Islamic Ideology on the procedure for khula. (See also Talaq (conflict)). The council was then known as Advisory Council of Islamic Ideology. Its first nine members were: Council of Islamic Ideology Council of Islamic Ideology () is a constitutional body of Pakistan, responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the government and the Parliament. The body was founded in 1962 under the government of Ayub Khan. The council has the following functions: However, the Government can make a law before advice is furnished by the council. The council is also responsible for submitting an annual interim report, which is discussed