Contents 1.Introduction
2.Part One Indian Public Law on Muslim Religious Matters i.Fundamentals of Islam
ii.Religious Divisions,sects and Castes iii.Religious festivities iv.Religious Places and
institutions v.Religious Authorities and Functionaries vi.Special System Part II Statutes
on the Application of Muslim Law i.Historical Perspective ii.Shariat Application Act 1937
iii.Application of Muslim Law De Hors the Shariat Application Act iv. Administration and
Development of Muslim Law Part III Statutes on Family Rights and Relations
i.Registration of Muslim Matrimonial Transactions & Compliance with Islamic Law
ii.Legislation on Dower &Dowry iii.Legislation for Women on Divorce and Its aftermath
iv.Application of General Legislation to Muslims v.Muslim Law ,Other Personal Laws
&Conflict of Laws vi.Appendix to Part Three Part IV i.Special Legislation for Muslims
ii.Application of General Legislation on Property and Succession iii.Substantive
Legislation on Wakfs Part V Statutes on Management of Events and Institutions i.Haj
and Pilgrimage ii.Academic Institutions iii.Wakfs &Endowments :Local Legislation
iv.Wakf & Endowments :Central Legislation v.Index
The Author:Tahir Mahmood received his legal education at
Lucknow ,Aligharh Muslim University and later at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
at London..He is well known for his specialised academic and research work in law and
Religion ,Islamic Law and the Legal System of Muslim Countries andvarious personal laws of
India.He has been teaching the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Delhi University
.In 1980 he set up a Department of Law which has now been raised to the Centre for
Advanced Socio- Lega Studies.He is also one of the founders of the Faculty of Law
established in 1989 at Jamia Millia Islamia .Now he is a senior Professor of Laws at
the University of Delhi.On deputation to the Government of India where he held the
prestigious position of Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities.
Professor Mehmood has widely travelled in all parts
of the Globe and has been closely associated with the top academic bodies of the world
including the International Society of Family Law set up in 1975 in Germany and the
Organisation of Islamic Conference Islamic Fiqh Academy Jeddah .He has also been
opted on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Jeddah based Journal of Muslim Minority
Affairs .Author of many well known books ,Mahmood is also Founder Editor of of two well
established periodicals-the Islamic and Comparative Law Review and the Religion and Law
Review.published from the IOS .A specialist in religion based and religion related
laws,Mahmood has been writing on these subjects since 1972.
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