01438nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100005900060245010800119260003400227300003300261520084900294773003401143942000701177952010801184  c533139d533139260427b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRahman, K.C. Mujeebu and  Chakrabarti, Anindita960251  aMuslim personal law, inheritance, and innovation: The curious case of Shukkur and Sheena’s remarriage  aEconomic & Political Weekly    a61(7), Feb 14, 2026: p.15-18  aAfter 29 years of marriage, a Muslim couple from Kasaragod remarried under the Special Marriage Act in 2023 to secure their daughters’ property rights, sparking public debate on Muslim Personal Law and the Uniform Civil Code. Under Muslim law, daughters inherit only part of their father’s property, with the remainder going to male 
relatives. The article examines the intersections of Muslim personal law, family, and property rights in Kerala. It traces how colonial legal legacies shaped Muslim entrepreneurial practices and social mobility. The succession strategies draw attention to a process of judicial harmonisation between different legal orders—a key feature of state-enforced religion-based family law in India. –Reproduced 

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  aEconomic & Political Weekly    cAR  00102ddc40709408311aIIPAbIIPAd2026-04-27h61(7), Feb 14, 2026: p.15-18pAR138650r2026-04-27yAR