The Reform Ideas of Shaykh 'Abdallāh Sālih al-Farsī and the Transformation of Marital Practices among Digo Muslims of Kenya
Abstract This essay examines the reformist ideas of Shaykh 'Abdallāh Sālih al-Farsī (1912-1982) on the institution of marriage in Muslim East Africa as expressed in his work Ndoa-Talaka na Maamrisho Yake (“Marriage-Divorce and Governing Regulations”). Unlike earlier scholars who mention al-Fars...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2010
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2010, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-278 |
Further subjects: | B
AL-FARSĪ
B LEGAL REFORM B SHĀFI'Ī LAW B Marriage B East Africa |
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