Sex reassignment in Islamic Law: the dilemma of transsexuals
Classical Islamic law in terms of assigning legal rules, inter alia, explicitly recognizes four genders among human beings, namely male, female, hermaphrodite, and effeminate male. In this context, the body of rules that regulate male and female behaviors is regarded as normative. Hermaphrodite upo...
Main Author: | Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centre for Promoting Ideas
2011
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/6785/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6785/2/Transexuals_islamiclaw-2.pdf |
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