Dr.Adis Duderija,Lecturer in Islam and Society ,Griffith University Musawah (Arabic for Equality) is a Global Movement for Equality in Muslim Family (NGO). It was launched in Kuala Lumpur in 2009. In its very recent report of global dimensions Musawah once again confirmed what was well known both among academics and grass roots activists who work on gender issues in Islam. Namely, the juristic concepts of male authority inherent to (neo)-classical articulations of Islamic law known as Qiwama and Wilaya have, in most contexts, lost their rationale and often do a lot of harm to both Muslim women and men and indeed all those affected by them. Briefly and generally speaking, in neo-classical articulations of Islamic law men as husbands and/or fathers as a category are given authority, asymmetrical and privileged rights over many aspects of their female folk ( e.g. wives and daughters) including unilateral right to divorce ( Talaq) , custody over children , unilateral right