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Periodical article Periodical article
Title:The Reform Ideas of Shaykh 'Abdallah Salih al-Farsi and the transformation of marital practices among Digo Muslims of Kenya
Author:Mraja, M.S.
Year:2010
Periodical:Islamic Law and Society
Volume:17
Issue:2
Pages:245-278
Geographic term:Kenya
Discipline:Anthropology & Ethnology
Subjects:Digo - ethnic group
Marriage
Islam
Abstract:This essay examines the reformist ideas of Shaykh 'Abdallah Salih al-Farsi (1912-1982) on the institution of marriage in Muslim East Africa as expressed in his work Ndoa-Talaka na Maamrisho Yake (“Marriage-Divorce and Governing Regulations”). Unlike earlier scholars who mention al-Farsi's reformist ideas without detailing the specifics, I attempt to relate al-Farsi's reform agenda to the transformation of the marital practices of the Digo Muslims of the southern Kenyan coast. Although al-Farsi did not depart radically from the predominantly Shafi'i law, he did attempt to use Islamic normative teachings to transform prevailing practices which he regarded as antithetical to the spirit of the law. (Journal Abstract).
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