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Differences in Muslim and Christian personal-status law had important implications for the ways families in Bulaq organized. Foremost among them were laws involving divorce, but there were also laws and practices related to proselytizing, conversion, adoption, and inheritance that shaped behavior in the two communities.
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© 2016 Andrea B. Rugh
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Rugh, A.B. (2016). Christian and Muslim Family Organization. In: Christians in Egypt. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56613-3_12
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