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Part VI - Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies

Licences, Biographies, Pamphlets, Speeches and Novels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

Edited by
Omar Anchassi  and
Robert Gleave
Omar Anchassi
Affiliation:
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Robert Gleave
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
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Islamic Law in Context
A Primary Source Reader
 , pp. 397 - 460
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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