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  2. Mahr - Wikipedia

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    The word Mahr is related to the Hebrew word “Mohar” and the Syriac word "Mahrā", meaning “bridal gift”, which originally meant “purchase-money”. The word implies a gift given voluntarily and not as a result of a contract, but in Muslim religious law it was declared a gift which the bridegroom has to give the bride when the contract of marriage is made and which becomes the ...

  3. Marriage in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny). In addition to the usual marriage until death or divorce, there is a different fixed-term marriage known as zawāj al-mut'ah ("temporary marriage") [ 2 ] : 1045 permitted only by the Twelver branch of Shi'ite for a pre-fixed period.

  4. Mahram - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, a mahram (Arabic: محرم) is a family member with whom marriage would be considered permanently unlawful ().A woman does not need to wear hijab around her mahram or spouse, and an adult male mahram or husband may escort a woman on a journey, although an escort may not be obligatory.

  5. Bengali Muslim wedding - Wikipedia

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    A Bengali Muslim wedding (Bengali: বাঙালি মুসলিম বিয়ে) feature distinctive religious rituals that take place over multiple days and are seen among the Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh [1] and West Bengal, India.

  6. Topics in Sharia law - Wikipedia

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    [49] [50] In medieval Islamic societies, the qadi (Islamic judges) usually could not interfere in the matters of non-Muslims unless the parties voluntarily choose to be judged according to Islamic law, thus the dhimmi communities living in Islamic states usually had their own laws independent from the Sharia law, such as the Jews who would have ...

  7. Malaysia's top court strikes out some Islamic laws in ... - AOL

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    Islamic laws are enacted by state legislatures while secular laws are passed by Malaysia's parliament. KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia's top court on Friday declared unconstitutional more than a ...

  8. What are your kids saying on the internet: Your guide to ...

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    While these citations are in uppercase because that's the AP style rule for acronyms, remember that most young people use lowercase for these. AF: As F**k. To emphasize something, e.g. "Spokeo's ...

  9. Maxims of Islamic Law - Wikipedia

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    [1] [page needed] Maxims refer to a body of abstract rules that were produced after a detailed study of the fiqh. They’re theoretical guidelines corresponding to different areas of fiqh, which may be dealing with anything from evidence to matrimonial law. [2] The fiqh is Islamic jurisprudence, through the human interpretation of Islamic law.