Mernissi's examination of male-female dynamics within this belief system posited that themother-in-law acts as the key enforcer for unspoken hudud boundaries.
Mernissi's examination of male-female dynamics within this belief system posited that themother-in-law acts as the key enforcer for unspoken hudud boundaries. Cultures characterized bythis belief system sit on one side of the central "fault line" according to Huntington's Clash ofCivilizations. Clifford Geertz posited a form of "societal common sense" to explain how this systemevolved in tandem with two geographically distinct civilizations in his text on "[this] (*) Observed."This belief system traditionally takes a very negative view of zina, or extramarital sex, which like othertaboos is considered haraam. The hijab is an article of clothing worn by some female practitioners of, for10 points, what belief system that includes major Sunni and Shi'a divisions?
Mernissi's examination of male-female dynamics within this belief system posited that themother-in-law acts as the key enforcer for unspoken hudud boundaries.
Islam [accept equivalents]