Judicial khuluu ( khulʿ ) in Zanzibar differs from judicial khulʿ in Arab countries that have recently introduced it through legislative reform. In Zanzibar’s Islamic courts, khuluu is used primarily as a judicial mechanism for ending a marriage when a judge determines a wife to be responsible for the breakdown of the marriage. Zanzibari women rarely file for khuluu because it is expensive and is associated with a woman’s failure in her marriage. Herein, I explain why judges in Zanzibar regard khuluu as a punitive measure that can be used to end a marriage when a woman is determined to be responsible for the marital discord, or when there are no grounds for judicial dissolution through fasikhi ( faskh , annulment). I also show that judges view khuluu as a right that a woman can exercise to extricate herself from marriage, a right that judges sometimes encourage in court.

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“购买离婚是你的权利”：桑给巴尔的司法 Khuluu


桑给巴尔的司法 khuluu (khulʿ) 与阿拉伯国家的司法 khulʿ 不同，后者最近通过立法改革引入了它。在桑给巴尔的伊斯兰法院，当法官判定妻子应对婚姻破裂负责时，khuluu 主要用作终止婚姻的司法机制。桑给巴里妇女很少申请 khuluu，因为它很贵，而且与妇女的婚姻失败有关。在此，我解释了为什么桑给巴尔的法官将 khuluu 视为一种惩罚措施，可以在女性确定要对婚姻不和负责时，或者当没有理由通过 fasikhi ( faskh , annulment ）。我还表明，法官认为 khuluu 是女性可以行使的一种权利，可以摆脱婚姻，