RELIGST 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ingroups And Outgroups, Islamic Inheritance Jurisprudence, Egalitarianism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2Q03
• Professor: Liyakat Takim

Document Summary

Not shared in the same way across muslim communities. Most muslim communities do not accept saints at all. Saint"s tomb being a place of worship and pilgrimage. Explicit principles (articulated clearly) about how muslims might make families: recognize the role of patrilineality (family tree traced by men) Daughters and sons do not inherent equally (women get half of what the son might get) Women get mobile wealth they can take with them. The women"s inheritance is hers alone as opposed to the male"s whereby needs to be shared with the entire family.