Around the world, Islamic cultures have developed distinctive matrilineal, matrifocal, matrilocal, or matriarchal natures as a result of how they have been practised by integrated and indigenised Muslim communities. In matrilineal descent systems, in contrast to the more common mosaic of patrilineal patterns, children belong to the mother's ancestry group. Matrilineal Muslims therefore follow a social system in which people are identified with their mother's lineage, and the inheritance of property as well as succession are transferred through the matriline. This volume focuses on matrilineal, matrifocal and matriarchal Muslims and their unique folk natures, integrated social structures, adopted legal systems, and so on. It provides a unique perspective for understanding global Muslim communities that have succeeded in integrating the matrilineal tenets of local practices with religion, adhering to essential Islamic values in a way that makes traditional women-centred cultures acceptable to mainstream Islam.

Discusses various Islamic matrilineal and matriarchal communities Highlights diverse cultural scenarios connected with distinctive social practices Provides a unique perspective on understanding Muslim communities

Autorentext

Abbas Panakkal, The School of History, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom.  

Nasr M Arif, Visiting Professor, University of St Andrews, UK and Professor of political science,  University  of Cairo, Egypt.

Inhalt
Part I South and Southeast Asia.- Matrifocal, Matrilineal, or Matriarchal? Cultural Resilience and Vulnerability Among the Matrilineal and Muslim Minangkabau in Indonesia.- Adat Perpatih in Malaysia : Nature, History, Practice, and Contemporary Issues.- Cultural and Social Integrations in Matrilineal, Matriarchal, Matrifocal Muslim Communities of South India.- Part II Northeast Asia.- Affective Matrivocality and Women's Voices: A History of Muslim Women Writers in China.- Matriarchal Family Structure in Korea's Jeju Island and itsImplications for the Muslim Community in Korea.- The Maternal Initiative Role in the Japanese Muslim Community: Japanese Muslim Wives as Mediators Between Muslim Immigrants and Japanese Society.- Part III Africa.- Muslim Family Under Portuguese Rule: Shar a and Matrilineal Custom in Colonial Coastal Northern Mozambique (ca. 19001974).- Asante Nkramo and Fantse Nkramo: Unravelling the Paradoxof Islam and Matriliny in Ghana.- Part IV Andalusia and Americas.- The Tuareg, from Arabia to Americas.- The Origins of Andalusian Muslim Matrilineal Systems.