The family Waqf and the Sharī law of succession in modern times

Islamic Law and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 352-388

  Layish, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 80052884303     PISSN: 09289380     EISSN: 15685195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568519972599716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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62. Shaykh Ahmad Natur, President of the Israeli Sharica Court of Appeal, explains that the study of legal formularies is part of the curriculum of legal studies at al-Azhar. Although most Israeli qadls are graduates of Israeli universities, they