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It is derived from the religious precepts of islam, particularly the quran and the hadith. Journals islamic law research guides at harvard library. Islamic marriage and divorce laws of the arab world. A much better book is one that was originally published in 1964 but was reprinted in 2010, is an introduction to islamic law by joseph schacht. An naim is no longer able to continue updating, revising, or changing the content of this site.
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