Divine Sanction and Human Intervention

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_70
dc.title	Divine Sanction and Human Intervention. The Issue of Birth-control and Family-planning in the Light of a Twentieth Century Urdū Treatise by an Indian Sufi Shaikh
dc.contributor.author	Dähnhardt Thomas
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2016/1/divine-sanction-and-human-intervention/
dc.description.abstract	Some aspects concerning the controversial issue of birth-control and family planning as described and prescribed by Muslim authorities are yet to be investigated. A short treatise by a twentieth century traditional Muslim scholar and Sufi master provides the opportunity to address this topic, exploring the ways traditional authorities in the past and present have outlined the clues for providing an orthodox yet surprisingly accommodating answer vis-à-vis a topic of utmost actuality in contemporary society.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 52 \| June 2016
dc.issued	2016-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2016-05-11
dc.dateSubmitted	2015-03-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2385-3042/AnnOr-52-16-5
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Birth Control
dc.subject	Birth Control
dc.subject	Indian Sufism
dc.subject	Indian Sufism
dc.subject	Urdu
dc.subject	Urdu

Research Article
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The Issue of Birth-control and Family-planning in the Light of a Twentieth Century Urdū Treatise by an Indian Sufi Shaikh

Thomas Dähnhardt Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

Some aspects concerning the controversial issue of birth-control and family planning as described and prescribed by Muslim authorities are yet to be investigated. A short treatise by a twentieth century traditional Muslim scholar and Sufi master provides the opportunity to address this topic, exploring the ways traditional authorities in the past and present have outlined the clues for providing an orthodox yet surprisingly accommodating answer vis-à-vis a topic of utmost actuality in contemporary society.

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June 30, 2016

Accepted

May 11, 2016

Submitted

March 13, 2015

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Keywords: Indian Sufism • Urdu • Birth Control

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