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Record Nr.

UNINA9910747090503321

Titolo

Applying Shari῾a in the West : facts, fears and the future of Islamic rules on family relations in the West / / edited by Maurits S. Berger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , 2013

©2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 pages)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

LUCIS lectures and occasional papers

Islam & society

LUCIS series 'Debates on Islam and society'

Classificazione

341.224

Disciplina

340.115

Soggetti

Domestic relations - Western countries

Muslims - Legal status, laws, etc - Non-Islamic countries

Domestic relations (Islamic law) - Non-Islamic countries

Islam - Customs and practices - Western countries

Islamic law - Western countires

Islamic law - Interpretation and construction

Domestic relations (Islamic law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The publication of this book is made possible by a grant from LUCIS, the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam & Society"--Title page verso

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Applying Shariʻa in the West /  Maurits S. Berger -- 1. Reasons for the application of Shariʻa in the West / Mathias Rohe -- 2. America : Islam and the problems of liberal democracy / Bryan S. Turner and James T. Richardson -- 3. Australia : the down-under approach and reaction to Shariʻa : an impasse in post-secularism? / Jamila Hussain and Adam Possamai -- 4. United Kingdom : an early discussion on Islamic family law in the English jurisdiction / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- 5. The Netherlands : applying Shariʻa to family law issues in the Netherlands / Susan Rutten -- 6. Albania and Kosovo : the return of



Islam in south-east Europe : debating Islam and Islamic practices of family law in Albania and Kosovo / Besnik Sinani -- 7. Greece : debate and challenges / Angeliki Ziaka -- 8. Unregistered Islamic marriages : anxieties about sexuality and Islam in the Netherlands / Annelies Moors -- 9. Understanding and use of Islamic family law rules in German courts : the examples of the Mahr / Nadjima Yassari -- 10. A language of hybridity : honour and otherness in Canadian law and Shariʻa / Pascale Fournier and Nathan Reyes -- 11. Accommodating Islamic family law(s) : a critical analysis of some recent developments and experiments in Europe / Marie-Claire Foblets -- 12. Religion, gender, and family law : critical perspectives on integration for European Muslims / Zainab Alwani and Celene Ayat Lizzio -- 13. Reflections on the development of the discourse of Fiqh for minorities and some challenges it faces / Abdullah Saeed.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides new insights in the concept of shari’a in the West, and sets out a framework of how shari’a in the West can be studied. The premise of this volume is that one needs to focus on the question ‘What do Muslims do in terms of shari’a?’ rather than ‘What is shari’a?’. This perspective shows that the practice of Sharia is restricted to a limited set of rules that mainly relate to religious rituals, family law and social interaction. The framework of this volume then continues to explore two more interactions: the Western responses to these practices of shari’a and, in turn, the Muslim legal reaction to these responses.