Jamal J. Ahmad Nasir

Jamal Jamil Ahmad Nasir CVO is a lawyer and the former minister of justice in Jordan. He is a specialist in the rights of women under Islamic law.

Career Nasir was admitted to the bar as a barrister of Lincoln's Inn. In 1955 he received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, for a thesis on the subject of "The doctrine of Kafa'a according to the early Islamic authorities and modern practice, with a critical edition of the Zaidi MS Al-mir'at al-mubayyina lil nazir ma huwa al-haqq fi mas'alat al-kafa'a". He is the former minister of justice in Jordan. He has written two books on aspects of Islamic law formerly poorly covered in the English language.

Selected publications The Islamic law of personal status. Graham & Trotman, London, 1986. (2nd 1990, 3rd revised Kluwer 2001) The status of women under Islamic law and under modern Islamic legislation. Graham & Trotman, London, 1990. (2nd 1994, 3rd Brill 2009) Israeli occupation and the law of belligerency: The case for justice, morality and human rights. Jamal J.A. Nasir, Amman, 2010.

Under My Wig' by Dr Jamal Nasir.. Published by Gilgamesh Publishing 2013