The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State
he Gender may be divided into three types: male, female, and a mix of both. The last one is known by different names, i.e., transgender, hermaphrodite, eunuch, mukhannath, khansa, etc.Due to their special physical features, they are given less importance in most of societies. The present research highlights the legal status and rights of transgender in Islamic society. The research finds that under Islamic law,there are no separate laws for the transgender except a few. Transgender has no fewer rights than a man or woman. Although transgender are accepted and recognized in the Islamic world, even then, examples of their rejection are also found. Therefore, it is necessary to educate society that every person is equally respectable,whether it is a male, a female, or a transgender. Where a transgender is similar to a male person, he is treated as a male person, and where a transgender is similar to a female person, she is treated as a female person. Anywhere it is difficult to ascertain a transgender as a male or female, a transgender is to be treated like a human being. The doctrinal method of research has been adopted to conduct the present study
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Transgender, Hermaphrodite, Khansa, Kantha, Mukhannath, Hijra, Islamic Law, Human Rights
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(1) Amjad Hussain
Assistant Professor, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Arif Saeed
LLM, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Aas Muhammad
LLM, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Hussain, A., Saeed, M. A., & Muhammad, A. (2020). The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State. Global Social Sciences Review, V(III), 410-416. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).44
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CHICAGO : Hussain, Amjad, Muhammad Arif Saeed, and Aas Muhammad. 2020. "The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State." Global Social Sciences Review, V (III): 410-416 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).44
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HARVARD : HUSSAIN, A., SAEED, M. A. & MUHAMMAD, A. 2020. The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 410-416.
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MHRA : Hussain, Amjad, Muhammad Arif Saeed, and Aas Muhammad. 2020. "The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 410-416
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MLA : Hussain, Amjad, Muhammad Arif Saeed, and Aas Muhammad. "The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State." Global Social Sciences Review, V.III (2020): 410-416 Print.
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OXFORD : Hussain, Amjad, Saeed, Muhammad Arif, and Muhammad, Aas (2020), "The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State", Global Social Sciences Review, V (III), 410-416
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TURABIAN : Hussain, Amjad, Muhammad Arif Saeed, and Aas Muhammad. "The Legal Rights of Transgender (Khansa) in Islamic State." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. III (2020): 410-416. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).44