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GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN IN ISLAMIC LAW AND THE CHILD’S RIGHTS ACT 2003: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

As the saying goes “children are the leaders of tomorrow” and. for their tomorrow to be bright and positive, they need to beproperly guided. This can be achieved either by the biologicalparents or the guardians. Islamic law has provided detailed -provisions for the guidance of such children in terms of theirperson and property. The Child’s Rights Act also attempts todo so. This paper did a comparative analysis of the two laws,with the aim of determining which is better and which hasjurisdictional powers. This was achieved utilising data obtainedthrough the doctrinal method. It was observed, am…