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There are 11 content items of different types and languages related to religious tenure regimes on the Land Portal.

religious tenure regimes

Tenure arrangements held under religion-based rules. Refers mainly to Islamic societies.

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Rethinking the Importance of Identifying and Addressing the Customary Laws in the Context of Land Law Making Process
Peer-reviewed publication
December 2019
Sri Lanka

The land is an integral part of every state. Especially land has sacred and cultural value in most of the Asian traditions apart from its social and economic value. Sri Lanka is an island state which has 25,330 sq.

Food Security and Governance Factsheet: Afghanistan
Reports & Research
December 2016
Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, insecurity over land and water rights hampers investments in food production and irrigation. In rural areas, customary tenure systems, partly based on religious law, are the most relevant but suffer from weak recognition and offer little protection to rights holders. The land policy reform is on-going but remains slow.

Peer-reviewed publication
July 2014
Northern America

The objective of this paper is to explore residential location preferences and how they are related to travel behavior. The literature focuses on the preferences in relation to physical and demographic aspects, such as land uses, facilities, transportation facilities, transportation services, car ownership, income, household size and travel accessibility.

Islamic Law, Women's Rights, and Popular Legal Consciousness in Malaysia
Peer-reviewed publication
February 2013
Malaysia

Drawing on original survey research, this study examines how lay Muslims in Malaysia understand foundational concepts in Islamic law. The survey finds a substantial disjuncture between popular legal consciousness and core epistemological commitments in Islamic legal theory.

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