Seminar | Criminalising and emancipatory trends in family law in Indonesia and other muslim majority countries
KITLV, Room 138 Reuvensplaats 2, LeidenLooking at legal developments related to family law in Indonesia and other Muslim majority countries, we see two simultaneous trends developing. On the one hand there is an increasing tendency on the part of many states to criminalise sexual behaviour considered in contravention of Islamic law, such as pre- and extramarital sex and LBGT-relations.