Craving Bureaucracy: Marriage, Islamic Law, and Arab Petitioners in the Straits Settlements

British involvement in Muslim affairs in the Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang and Singapore) was done at the behest of Muslim subjects in the colony. Arab Muslims, who were a minority in the region, exhorted British authorities to take charge of the administration of Muslim marriages and divorce...

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Main Author: Yahaya, Nurfadzilah 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2015
In: The Muslim world
Year: 2015, Volume: 105, Issue: 4, Pages: 496-515
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