PUBLIC POLICY AND ISLAMIC LAW: THE MODERN DHIMMĪ IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN FAMILY LAW

Abstract Egyptian law has maintained the Islamic system of interreligious law in which the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities are governed by their own courts and their own laws. In the course of the twentieth century, however, these separate courts were abolished and the application of non-Mu...

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Main Author: Berger, Maurits (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2001
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2001, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 88-136
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