Wife battery in Islam: A comprehensive understanding of interpretations

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 516-526

  Ammar, Nawal H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arab immigrants; Islam; Partner violence

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEOLOGY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ARABS; AUTHORITARIANISM; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISLAM; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; THEOLOGY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 34247635015     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207300658     Document Type: Article

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