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18 juillet 2016
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifeagd.1546
- isbn: 9782706819674
- eisbn: 9782362450501
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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religion politique étrangère islam politique minorités ethniques Islam ethnic minorities politics foreign policy religion Religion Political Science Public Admin. & Development REL084000 HRAM2Sujets proches
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Michael Kemper, « 6. ‘Adat against Shari’a: Russian Approaches towards Daghestani “Customary Law” in the 19th Century », Institut français d’études anatoliennes, ID : 10.4000/books.ifeagd.1546
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It is common knowledge that in the 19th century many European colonial empires acknowledged or even supported the official use of local ‘adat (“customary law”) in their colonies. This was mostly done out of necessity, for it was believed that a direct interference with the local tradition of administering justice would have provoked hostility from the local population and thus constitute a danger for the colonial rule. The replacement of customary law (which was often regarded as “barbaric”) ...