The Proposed Political, Legal and Social Reforms in the Ottoman Empire and Other Mohammadan States, Volumen1

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Education Society's Press, 1883 - 183 páginas
 

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Página 172 - And your slaves! See that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves; and clothe them with the stuff ye wear; and if they commit a fault which ye are not inclined to forgive, then part from them for they are the servants of the Lord, and are not to be harshly treated.
Página 140 - And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Página 164 - When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter among them; and bind them in bonds- and either give them a free dismission afterwards, or exact a ransom; until the war shall have laid down its arms.
Página 114 - Men ought to have a part of what their parents and kindred leave behind them when they die : and women also ought to have a part of what their parents and kindred leave,' whether it be little, or whether it be much ; a determinate part is due to them.
Página 175 - And if ye are apprehensive that ye shall not deal fairly with orphans, then, of other women who seem good in your eyes, marry but two, or three, or four ; and if ye still fear that ye shall not act equitably, then one only ; or the slaves whom ye have acquired : this will make justice on your part easier.
Página 59 - Destroy no palm-trees, nor burn any fields of corn. Cut down no fruit-trees, nor do any mischief to cattle, only such as you kill to eat. When you make any covenant or article, stand to it, and be as good as your word.
Página 50 - GOD, and the temptation to idolatry is more grievous than to kill in the sacred months. They will not cease to war against you, until they turn you from your religion, if they be able...
Página 55 - Christian religion to be true, or the holy scriptures to be of divine authority, he shall upon the first offence be rendered incapable to hold any office or place of trust; and for the second be rendered incapable of bringing any action, being guardian, executor, legatee, or purchaser of lands, and shall suffer three years
Página 119 - ... on an enormous scale. A woman was regarded as the origin of human ills. A period of purification was appointed after the birth of every child ; but, by a very significant provision, it was twice as long in the case of a female as of a male child. ' The badness of men,' a Jewish writer emphatically declared, ' is better than the goodness of women.
Página 140 - Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

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