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Handboek voor het Mohammedaansch regt (Handbook of Mohammedan law) is a guide in Dutch to Islamic law by Salomo Keijzer (or Keyzer, 1823‒68), doctor of humanities and law, and teacher in the humanities and social sciences of Netherlands India (i.e., the Dutch East Indies, or present-day Indonesia) at the Royal Academy in Delft. The book includes an introduction on the origins and sources of Islamic law, followed by in-depth chapters on such topics as purification, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, commerce, marriage, crimes against persons, and testimonies and evidence. Important ...