Shattering Tradition
Subtitle: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean (Islamic Mediterranean Series)
Contributors: Walter Dostal (Editor); Wolfgang Kraus (Editor)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: June 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781850436348
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Social Science; Customary law (Islamic law); Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; ASIA; Ottoman Empire; Anthropology - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Islamic law; Mediterranean Region
First sentence: It is a well-known fact that in Muslim societies there is an intimate link between religion and law.