List of Illustrations, Maps and Images
Notes on the Editor and Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Can Sharia be Customised? Entanglements between Matrilineal and Islamic Traditions - Mahmood Kooria (University of Edinburgh, UK)
PART ONE. SOCIAL CROSSROADS
2. Engaging with Islamic Inheritance: Matrilocal Marriage and Women's Dowry Houses in Sri Lanka and the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu - Dennis McGilvray (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
3, Matriliny, Islam and Women's Cultures on the Swahili Coast - Signe Arnfred (Roskilde University, Denmark)
4. For a Social History of Matriliny in between Christianity and Islam in Northern Mozambique: Notes on Cabo Delgado - Francesca Declich (Universita degli Studi di Urbino, Italy)
5. Matrilineal Jews or Slave Descendants? Halakhic Laws and Trade Alliances in Medieval Malabar - Ophira Gamleil (University of Glasgow, UK)
PART TWO. PATTERNS IN DISCOURSES
6. The Adat Perpatih is Shariah Compliant: Practices, Challenges and Prospects in a Matrilineal Society in Negeri Sembilan, West Malaysia - Azizah Kassim (National University of Malaya, Malaysia)
7. Legal Debates on the Matrilineal System in Minangkabau, Indonesia - Yasrul Huda (State Islamic University Imam Bonjol Padang, Indonesia)
8. Matrilineal Reform in the Lakshadweep Archipelago: Debating the Custom through Islam - Mariyam Mumthas (University of Hyderabad, India)
9. Resilience of Matriliny among Muslims of Malabar - Fathima T. Fayaz (Mahatma Gandhi University, India and Indian School, Bahrain)
10. Matrifocality, Islamic Law, and Modernity in Aceh, Indonesia - Eka Srimulyani (Islamic University of Ar-Raniry, Indonesia)
PART THREE. RESILIENT PRACTICES
11. Performative Spaces, Time-schemes and Gender Relations in Mappila Matriliny - Fathima E.V. (Kannur University, India)
12. Spirit Possession, Islam, and Matriliny in Northern Mozambique - Daria Trentini (Drake University, USA)
13. Codification of Customary Practice of Harta Sepancarian for Protecting Women's Property Rights: Malaysian Experience - Ainul Jaria Maidin (International Islamic University, Malaysia)
14. Poison in the Will: Transformation of Muslim Matriliny in Colonial Kerala - Manaf Kottakkunnummal (University of the Johannesburg, South Africa)
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