... she can freely choose her spouse, reject a suitor she does not like or obtain divorce from an estranged husband against his will. But a male relative normally formalizes the marriage contract and marriage dissolution or divorce on a woman's initiative is only granted by a judge. Excepting those specific tasks of public life which are obligatory on men and only voluntary to women ... ' sections of the community, as popular conceptions would have us believe. Rather, I view this as recognition of Islam's ability to be an influencing factor in the process of social change. As Christianity in...

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... and continuity, paired with some belief in the sameness and continuity of some shared world image," (Erikson,20). According to this definition, external social forces hold a significant part in the formation of one's identity, while not consuming the entire process, as personal sameness and continuity make up ... friends made, future occupations, and eventually, spouses and children will all rely, at least partially, on such hereditary things, all separate from social forces. In such cases the individual will look inside himself on how to respond rather than outward. Amin Maalouf discusse...

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