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A Value Oriented Legal Theory For Muslim Countries In The 21st Century: A Comparative Study Of Both Islamic Law And Common Law Systems, Rahma Hersi
Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers
A legal tradition is not the same thing as a legal system, although the legal system inevitably forms part of the legal tradition and vice versa, a legal system may be used to refer to an operational set of rules, procedures and institutions. This paper will take a critical look at the legal sources used in both the Islamic Law and Common law systems as well the methodologies interpreting these sources. The pluralistic nature of many of the extant legal systems, calls for an analysis of the interpretation of law and the related sciences. Whereas the spread of globalization in …
Danny's Story: Uniting Around Our Common Humanity, Judea Pearl
Danny's Story: Uniting Around Our Common Humanity, Judea Pearl
Sacred Heart University Review
Dr. Judea Pearl, professor of computer science at UCLA, is the father of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was executed by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in 2002. In this article Dr. Pearl speaks about Daniel's life as a journalist, and about the Daniel Pearl Foundation which includes people from all religions and cultures—Christians, Jews, and Muslims; Pakistanis, Israelis, and Palestinians—working together to take a stand for tolerance and humanity.
This talk was presented at Sacred Heart University on February 4, 2008, at a colloquium sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding as part of the undergraduate core …
Treatment Of A Wife's Body In The Fiction Of Indian Sub-Continental Muslim Women Writers, Hafiza Nilofar Khan
Treatment Of A Wife's Body In The Fiction Of Indian Sub-Continental Muslim Women Writers, Hafiza Nilofar Khan
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Ismat Chughtai of India, Tehmina Durrani of Pakistan, and Selina Hossain of Bangladesh depict some of the sociological, religious and legal aspects of wife abuse that is a chronic, yet little discussed anathema in a Sub-Continental Muslim wife's life. "Treatment of the Wife's Body in the Fiction of Indian Sub-Continental Muslim Women Writers," examines the fiction and autobiographical works of these women writers who problematize the deeply ingrained traditional modes of domestic violence as perpetuated upon the minds and bodies of Sub-Continental Muslim wives. Chughtai, Hossain and Durrani identify culture specific practices such as child marriage, dowry, polygamy, honor crimes, …