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Islamic Inheritance Law Reform: The Problem Of Orphaned Grandchildren's Inheritance Rights, Salah Hesham Hamouda
Islamic Inheritance Law Reform: The Problem Of Orphaned Grandchildren's Inheritance Rights, Salah Hesham Hamouda
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Islamic inheritance law excludes orphaned grandchildren from inheriting a share of their grandparent's estate in the event of surviving uncles and aunts under the rule that the nearer in degree excludes the more remote. For centuries, this prohibition has prevented orphaned grandchildren from inheriting a share of their grandparent's estate. Mediaeval Islamic juridical treatises claimed that inheritance law's provisions are the final dictate of God and their authority cannot be questioned. States have tried to resolve the conflict between the provisions of Islamic law and social needs by adopting various devices of reform such as ijtihad, taqlid, takhayyur, and talfiq. …
Vicious Circle: Coptic Divorce Between Positive Law And Canon Law, Jacqueline Samir Saad
Vicious Circle: Coptic Divorce Between Positive Law And Canon Law, Jacqueline Samir Saad
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Rights And The Islamic State: The Thought Of Ayatollah Khomeini And Sayyid Qutb, Sarah Adel Elibiary
Rights And The Islamic State: The Thought Of Ayatollah Khomeini And Sayyid Qutb, Sarah Adel Elibiary
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