Matriliny, Islam and gender in Northern Mozambique
Using gender as the major line of difference, the paper examines the diversity within Islam in northern Mozambique, in which, despite strong historical ties to the Swahili world and waves of Islamic expansion, as well as attempts to establish and police an Islamic "orthodoxy", matriliny co...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2006
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2006, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-166 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mozambique (Nord)
/ Swahili (People)
/ Woman
/ Gender-specific role
/ Family law
/ Islam
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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