ISBN:
0857720139
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9780755609918
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9780857720139
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (558 pages)
Series Statement:
Library of Islamic law
DDC:
305.48697
Keywords:
Political questions and judicial power / Islamic countries
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Religion and state / Islamic countries
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Women / Islamic countries / Social conditions
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Law
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Religion
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Social Science
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RELIGION / Islam / Law
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
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Political questions and judicial power
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Religion and state
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Women (Islamic law)
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Women / Social conditions
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Frau
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Recht
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Women (Islamic law)
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Women Social conditions
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Political questions and judicial power
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Religion and state
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Recht
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Islam
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Soziale Situation
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Staat
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Frau
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Islam
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Frau
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Soziale Situation
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Recht
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Staat
Note:
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Tunisia -- The Ideal Islamic Reform; 2. Egypt -- Conservative Incremental Reform; 3. Pakistan -- Orthodox Modernity; 4. South Africa -- Constitutional Challenges for Islamic Law; 5. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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How Islam treats women is one of the most hotly contested questions of our times. Islamic law is often misrepresented as a single monolithic concept, rather than a collection of different interpretations and practices. To move the debate on Islamic law and gender forward, it is necessary to establish how Islamic law actually operates. This groundbreaking work explores what conditions sustain the most liberal interpretation of Islamic law on gender issues. It examines the different interpretations, histories and practices of Islamic law in different countries. It finds that the political indepe
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