Muslim personal law within the Singapore legal system: history, prospects and challenges
This paper identifies and examines major problems confronting the legal institutions of the Muslim community of Singapore by utilizing examples from recent Singaporean Muslims' discourse and the administration of the Muslim law by relevant state agencies. In urging for legal institutional build...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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Journal of Muslim minority affairs
Year: 2009, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-126 |
| Further subjects: | B
Legal order
B Group B Singapore Muslime Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat Religiöse Kultur Islamic law Fatwa Legal order Social integration Minority group policy Judicial reform Gesellschaftsreformen Rollenverständnis gesellschaftlicher Gruppen Cultural identity Tradition B Self-understanding B Singapore B Social reform B Tradition B Minority group policy B Religion B Fatwa B Social integration B Muslim B State B Islamic law B Judicial reform B Religious organization B Cultural identity B Culture |
| Summary: | This paper identifies and examines major problems confronting the legal institutions of the Muslim community of Singapore by utilizing examples from recent Singaporean Muslims' discourse and the administration of the Muslim law by relevant state agencies. In urging for legal institutional building and reform, the paper emphasizes the need to establish and observe guiding principles derived from the community's rich legal heritage and culture. Development of its key legal institutions concretizes the values the community cherishes and is fundamental for integration within the larger society in which it exists. (J Muslim Minor Aff/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 1360-2004 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of Muslim minority affairs
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