The Muslim Family Law Index (MFL-I)

measures the extent to which Muslim Family Laws (MFLs) comply with specific human/women’s rights and the rule of law and standards. The MFL-I assigns country/year scores ranging from 0 to 100. The higher the score, the more reformed the national MFL system; hence greater adherence to human/women’s rights and the rule of law.

Substantive Reform Index (SR-I)
Procedural Reform Index (PR-I)
Exit Rights Index (ER-I)

Correlation Plots

Democracy and MFL-I

Secularism and MFL-I

Political Globalization and MFL-I

International Law Friendliness and

MFL-I

Women's Political Participation and MFL-I

Natural Resource Rent and MFL-I

Foreign Aid and MFL-I

Discrimination against Religious Minorities and MFL-I

Religious Diversity and MFL-I

Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization and MFL-I

Political Violence and MFL-I

Economic Globalization and MFL-I

Violence against Women Legal Protections and MFL-I

Abortion and MFL-I

CEDAW Tenure and MFL-I

Reform in Majority Family Laws and MFL-I in Muslim-minority Countries