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... Muslim community , the Singapore government established that the Muslim Law Act and the Syariah Court should rule most family and religious affairs of Muslim Singaporeans . Thus , Singapore has two legal systems working concurrently ...
... Muslim community , the Singapore government established that the Muslim Law Act and the Syariah Court should rule most family and religious affairs of Muslim Singaporeans . Thus , Singapore has two legal systems working concurrently ...
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... Muslim divorce rates have remained higher than the non - Muslim rates . Another distinguishing feature of Muslim divorces is that Muslim men and women tend to divorce at an earlier age than non - Muslims and have a shorter duration of ...
... Muslim divorce rates have remained higher than the non - Muslim rates . Another distinguishing feature of Muslim divorces is that Muslim men and women tend to divorce at an earlier age than non - Muslims and have a shorter duration of ...
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... Muslim and non - Muslim grooms and brides belonging to the three main ethnic groups in Singapore , Chinese , Malay and Indian plus the group " Others " which covers people not pertaining to any of these three main ethnic groups ...
... Muslim and non - Muslim grooms and brides belonging to the three main ethnic groups in Singapore , Chinese , Malay and Indian plus the group " Others " which covers people not pertaining to any of these three main ethnic groups ...
Contents
Family Formation | 49 |
Marriage and Parenthood as Personal | 105 |
Social Policy and Childcare | 155 |
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