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Orphans of Islam portrays the abject lives and 'excluded body' of abandoned and bastard children in contemporary Morocco, while critiquing the concept and practice of 'adoption,' which too often is considered a panacea. Through a close and historically grounded reading of legal, social, and cultural mechanisms of one predominantly Islamic country, Jamila Bargach shows how 'the surplus bastard body' is created by mainstream society.

Adoption --- Illegitimacy --- Illegitimate children --- Abandoned children --- Children, Abandoned --- Exposed children --- Homeless children --- Bastard children --- Children of unmarried mothers --- Children --- Unmarried mothers --- Bastardy --- Legitimacy (Law) --- Parent and child (Law) --- Sex and law --- Paternity --- Child placing --- Foster home care --- Parent and child --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Law and legislation --- Islam --- Adoption - Morocco --- Illegitimacy - Morocco --- Illegitimate children - Morocco --- Abandoned children - Morocco --- Adoption - Religious aspects - Islam