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Book chapter Book chapter Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:The status of women in Islamic law
Author:Hinchcliffe, D.ISNI
Book title:Conflict and Harmony in Education in Tropical Africa
Year:1975
Pages:455-466
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
Islamic countries
Subjects:Islamic law
women
gender
law
Abstract:A recent publication of the World Peace through Law Centre entiled 'Religion and the law', states that a feature of Islamic law is that it accords equality to sexes. However, as long as the Islamic law of inheritance survives, equality in rights of succession will not be achieved, for it is the Koran itself which enjoins that the male shall take double the share of the female.
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