Land, law, and Islam
Subtitle: property and human rights in the Muslim world
By: Siraj Sait and Hilary Lim.
Contributors: Lim, Hilary.
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781842778135; 9781842778104
Subjects: Property (Islamic law); Right of property (Islamic law); Muslim women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law); Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)
Other titles: Property and human rights in the Muslim world
Description: This pioneering work addresses Islamic property and land rights by drawing on a range of socio-historical, classical and contemporary debates. The authors consider the possibilities for inclusive and pro-poor approaches to land rights within Islamic legal and human rights systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Researching Islam, land and property; title: Islamic law,land and methodologies; title: Islamic land tenures and reform; title: Islamic human rights and land; title: Inheritance laws and systems; title: Muslim women and property; title: The Waqf (endowment) and Islamic philanthropy; title: Islamic credit and microfinance.