If she is a woman, she will be Christian. Religious affiliation in some mixed marriages in Islamic societies

[EN] This article reviews some reports indicating that in some Islamic societies and in cases of mixed marriages (Muslim father and non-Muslim mother) daughters born of such marriages were allowed to follow the mother’s religion. This was despite the fact that Islamic law stipulated that all childre...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Fierro Bello, María Isabel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/362331
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/362331
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Mixed marriages
Islamic world
Religious heritage.
Cordovan voluntary martyrs
Matrimonios mixtos
Mundo islámico
Herencia religiosa
Mártires voluntarios cordobeses
Social history
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Summary:[EN] This article reviews some reports indicating that in some Islamic societies and in cases of mixed marriages (Muslim father and non-Muslim mother) daughters born of such marriages were allowed to follow the mother’s religion. This was despite the fact that Islamic law stipulated that all children were Muslim. These reports suggest that some of the women who participated in the movement of the Cordovan ‘voluntary martyrs’ may have come from a similar background.