Institutionalizing Sectarianism: The Lebanese Ja'fari Court and Shi'i Society under the French Mandate
Abstract The French Mandate authorities in Greater Lebanon formally recognized the Ja'fari madhhab in January 1926. As a result, state-led shari'a courts in Beirut, South Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese Ja'fari court, were authorized to adjudicate matters of personal status...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2008
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2008, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 371-407 |
| Further subjects: | B
Lebanon
B FRENCH MANDATE B JA'FARI COURT B SHI'ISM B PERSONAL STATUS LAW |
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