Muslim personal law within the Singapore legal system: history, prospects and challenges
This paper identifies and examines major problems confronting the legal institutions of the Muslim community of Singapore by utilizing examples from recent Singaporean Muslims' discourse and the administration of the Muslim law by relevant state agencies. In urging for legal institutional build...
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Language: | English |
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Routledge
2009
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Journal of Muslim minority affairs
Year: 2009, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-126 |
Further subjects: | B
Legal order
B Group B Singapore Muslime Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat Religiöse Kultur Islamic law Fatwa Legal order Social integration Minority group policy Judicial reform Gesellschaftsreformen Rollenverständnis gesellschaftlicher Gruppen Cultural identity Tradition B Self-understanding B Singapore B Social reform B Tradition B Minority group policy B Religion B Fatwa B Social integration B Muslim B State B Islamic law B Judicial reform B Religious organization B Cultural identity B Culture |