“Please God, don’t let it be Muslims”: Perspectives on Guiding Conversations with Muslim Children in a Climate with Prevalent Islamophobia

Abstract This empirical inquiry aimed to examine the qualitative differences of the ‘God’ concept of Turkish-German Sunni Muslim children living in Germany. In this study, non-anthropomorphic drawings did not increase gradually with age. Anthromoporphic God depictions seem to be ontologically moving away from people with age. In the present study, indirect God depictions occurred six times more than the direct God depictions. ‘Religious-cultural drawings’ were the most common in the sample. The girls drew more aesthetic drawings that expressed an emotional bond with God. Boys depicted God more rationally and pragmatically in regard to human life and the world.

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An analysis of the right of Muslim adopted children to inherit from their deceased parents in terms of the law of succession: A South African case study

Journal of Comparative Law in Africa ◽

10.47348/jcla/v8/i2a3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 63-73

Author(s):

Muneer Abduroaf

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Islamic Law ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Adopted Children ◽

The South ◽

Legal Context ◽

Muslim Children ◽

The Status ◽

The Right ◽

Law Of Succession

This paper analyses the right of Muslim adopted children to inherit from their deceased parents in terms of the laws of succession within the South African legal context. The status of adoption in South African and Islamic law is looked at first by way of an introduction. This is followed by looking at the rights of adopted Muslim children to inherit from their deceased parents (biological and adoptive) in terms of the South African and Islamic laws of intestate (compulsory) and then testate (optional) succession.1 The paper further looks at the possibility of applying relevant Islamic law of succession provisions applicable to enable adopted Muslim children to inherit from the estate of their deceased biological parents within the South African legal framework. The paper concludes with an analysis of the findings and makes a recommendation.

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