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“esther van eijk”

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  • Family Law in Syria

    Patriarchy, Pluralism and Personal Status Laws

    by Esther van Eijk ...
    The current Syrian crisis has its roots in the sectarian nature of the country's multi-religious society. Since Ottoman times, the different religious communities have enjoyed the right to regulate and administer their own family relations. Matters of personal status including marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance continue to be managed by a variety of religious laws and courts ... Read more

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    “I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands and of her daring ... Read more

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  • The Long Divergence

    How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East

    by Timur Kuran ...
    How religious barriers stalled capitalism in the Middle EastIn the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind—in living standards, technology, and economic institutions. In short, the Middle East had failed to modernize economically as the West surged ahead. What caused this long divergence? And why ... Read more

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  • To Be a European Muslim

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    This book addresses some of the fundamental issues borne of the several million strong Muslim presence in Europe in our times. Based on a thorough study of Islamic sources, it seeks to answer basic questions about a European Muslim’s social, political, cultural and legal life as a practising Muslim while living together in multi-faith, pluralistic European nation states. ... Read more

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  • Marriage Markets

    How Inequality is Remaking the American Family

    by June Carbone, Naomi Cahn ...
    There was a time when the phrase "American family" conjured up a single, specific image: a breadwinner dad, a homemaker mom, and their 2.5 kids living comfortable lives in a middle-class suburb. Today, that image has been shattered, due in part to skyrocketing divorce rates, single parenthood, and increased out-of-wedlock births. But whether it is conservatives bewailing the wages of moral decline ... Read more

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  • Introducing Islam

    A Graphic Guide

    by Ziauddin Sardar ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of fundamentalism, bigotry and violence- a perception that couldn't be more wrong.Introducing Islam recounts the history of Islam from the birth of Prophet ... Read more

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  • Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition

    by Ayesha S. Chaudhry ...
    Series series Oxford Islamic Legal Studies
    Modern scholars of most major religious traditions, who seek gender egalitarian interpretations of their scriptural texts, confront a common dilemma: how can they produce interpretations that are at once egalitarian and authoritative, within traditions that are deeply patriarchal? This book examines the challenges and resources that the Islamic tradition offers to Muslim scholars who seek to ... Read more

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  • Violence in the Home

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    by Karel Kurst-Swanger, Jacqueline L. Petcosky ...
    Violence in the home is one of the most damaging and widespread of social problems. It is an issue that cuts across all socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, gender, and age boundaries. This important book reviews the most current theoretical explanations of family violence and then links theory to practice. It looks at the systems and institutions that interact with families, which are mandated to ... Read more

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  • Red Families v. Blue Families

    Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture

    by Naomi Cahn, June Carbone ...
    Red Families v. Blue Families identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the "blue states" in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's as well as men's workforce participation, egalitarian gender roles, and the delay of family formation until both parents are ... Read more

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  • Egypt after Mubarak

    Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World

    by Bruce K. Rutherford ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Egypt after Mubarak reveals that Egypt's secularists and Islamists may yet navigate a middle path that results in a uniquely Islamic form of liberalism and, perhaps, democracy. Bruce Rutherford ... Read more

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  • Gender Justice and Legal Reform in Egypt

    Negotiating Muslim Family Law

    by Mulki al-Sharmani ...
    In Egypt's modern history, reform of personal status laws has often formed an integral part of political, cultural, and religious contestations among different factions of society. From the beginning of the twenty-first century, two significant reforms were introduced in Egyptian personal status laws: women's right to petition for no-fault judicial divorce law (khul') and the new mediation-based ... Read more

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  • Law and Piety in Medieval Islam

    by Megan H. Reid ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
    The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods were two of the most intellectually vibrant in Islamic history. Megan H. Reid's book, which traverses three centuries from 1170 to 1500, recovers the stories of medieval men and women who were renowned not only for their intellectual prowess but also for their devotional piety. Through these stories, the book examines trends in voluntary religious practice that have ... Read more

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