Matriliny and Islam: Religion and Society in the Laccadives

activities authority behaviour bond Central Kerala ceremonies connected child coconuts copra crises daughter Diagram divorce rates duolocal residence pattern economic effective matrilineal group elder ethnographic exogamy father's father female Gough Hadith head household husband Ijma India individual earning Indonesia Islamic law island society islanders of Kalpeni Kalpeni Karnavar Kazi Kerala kin group Kinship and Marriage Koran Koya Kudumbam Laccadive islands law of inheritance lineal mainland male members Mali Mappillas marital marriage marriage and divorce married matri matrilineal kin matrilineal kinship matrilineal societies matrilineal system Melacheri Minangkabau Minicoy mode of residence mosque mother Muslim Negri Sembilan neolocal non-matrilineal relative obligations oldest woman operation Pira Polyandry prayers priest production unit property-group or production rate of divorce regard relation relationship religion religious respect rites sailing craft segment Sharia sisters social structure socio-religious son's spouses Talak Taravad tion Total number University of Saugar uxorilocal Waqf ween wife wife's wives women Zakat