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Matrilineal, Matriarchal, and Matrifocal Islam : The World of Women-Centric Islam, Hardback Book

Matrilineal, Matriarchal, and Matrifocal Islam : The World of Women-Centric Islam Hardback

Edited by Abbas Panakkal, Nasr M Arif

Part of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History series

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Around the world, Islamic cultures have developed distinctive matrilineal, matrifocal, matrilocal, or matriarchal natures as a result of how they have been practised by integrated and indigenised Muslim communities.

In matrilineal descent systems, in contrast to the more common mosaic of patrilineal patterns, children belong to the mother’s ancestry group.

Matrilineal Muslims therefore follow a social system in which people are identified with their mother's lineage, and the inheritance of property as well as succession are transferred through the matriline.

This volume focuses on matrilineal, matrifocal and matriarchal Muslims and their unique folk natures, integrated social structures, adopted legal systems, and so on.

It provides a unique perspective for understanding global Muslim communities that have succeeded in integrating the matrilineal tenets of local practices with religion, adhering to essential Islamic values in a way that makes traditional women-centred cultures acceptable to mainstream Islam.

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