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7 Elec. J. Islamic & Middle E. L. 37 (2019)
Marriage in Iran: Women Caught between Shi'i and State Law

handle is hein.journals/elcjloic7 and id is 45 raw text is: Marriage in Iran: Women Caught Between Shi'i and State Law I by Ladan Rahbari Marriage in Iran: Women Caught Between Shi'i and State Law by Ladan Rahbari* Table of Contents I. In tro d u ctio n .................................................................................................................................... 3 8 II. The Institution of Marriage After the Islamic Revolution: A Brief Overview................................ 39 III. Length of Marriage: Temporary and Permanent Marriages ......................................................... 40 IV. Marriage Registration: Private and Nationally Registered and Unregistered Marriages ............... 43 V. Age of M arriage: Early or Child M arriage.................................................................................... 45 VI. D iscussion and Som e Concluding Remarks................................................................................. 46 Abstract This study investigates juristic Shi'i guidelines as well as philosophical and legal perspectives on marriage in the Iranian contemporary context where specific interpretations of Twelver Shi'a are encoded in civil law. The study discusses three important factors that contribute to the legal and juristic complexity of Shi'i marriage: (i) length of marriage, including discussions on permanent and temporary marriage; (ii) registration of marriage and the problem of unregistered marriages; and (iii) age of marriage and the issue of child marriage. All three factors have been significantly present in the social, public and political debates on marriage and reproduction as well as in women's and children's rights movements in Iran. I outline some of the potential social implications and harmful effects of the existing problematic discourses of temporary, child and unregistered marriages. After discussing the three factors and the diversity of marriage practices, the study contextualizes the existing diversities within the broader Shi'i political and religious discourses. * Ladan Rahbari is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University. She has obtained doctorates in Gender and Diversity Studies and in Sociology, and master in Anthropology. She lectures on Gender and Sexual Politics, and (Non-) Religious Morality. Rahbari is editor of Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies (DiGeSt) as of January 2020. For publications, visit: <htts: /JrsMcid.org/nM En-0002-3w40-.708x>. EJ I M~ E L Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law I Vol. 7(2019) 37

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