LEADER 04768nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910456693903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59332-641-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035448 035 $a(EBL)1057812 035 $a(OCoLC)818819058 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000553458 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11380902 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553458 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10506487 035 $a(PQKB)11255476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057812 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057812 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430465 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035448 100 $a20100311d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMuslim and American straddling Islamic law and U.S. justice$b[electronic resource] /$fMark E. Hanshaw 210 $aEl Paso, TX $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 0 $aLaw & society : recent scholarship 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-394-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; The Employment of Islamic Law; American Muslims and Islamic Law; Inside the American Courtroom; The Self-Image of American Muslims; The View from Abroad; 1. Orientalisms in Practice; Images: Traditional and Modern; The Birth of "Orientalism"; Orientalism in the 21 st Century; Muslim Voices; Legal Orientalisms; 2. The Qadi and Images of Injustice; The Qadi of Western Scholarship; The Qadi in the Supreme Court; The Adoption of Terminello; Systems in Opposition; Authority Without Limitation; The Qadi in History; The Unbridled Qadi; Justice for the Qadi 327 $a3. Terrorism and JihadThe Battle Over Jihad; Defining Jihad; Jihad in the Qur'an; Defensive Jihad; Political Jihad; Greater Jihad; Jihad in the Courtroom; Jihad in Other Cases; An Emphasis Upon Terror; Courts, Jihad and Terrorism; 4. Child Custody and American Muslims; Stakes in the Battle; Definitional Considerations; Legal Principles Affecting Child Custody Matters; Child Custody under Shari'a; A Court Divided; From Comity to Community; Of Comity; 5. Marriage, Divorce and the American Muslim; The Muslim Marital Contract; The Dissolution of a Marriage; Muslim Marriages in U.S. Courts 327 $aFrom Beginning to EndDower Agreements; Questions and Interpretations; 6. Abandoning Tradition?; The Relationship between Islam andIslamic Law; Separating Law and Practice; A Modernist Call; Founders of a Movement; The Outcry of Traditionalists; Ultimate Questions; 7. A Parallel System of Justice?; Canada's Experiment with Arbitration; Arbitration, U.S. Secular Courts and theMuslim Community; From Canada to the U.S.: Assessing theFuture of Muslim Arbitration; 8. Other Paths; Germany: Limited Enforcement of MuslimLegal Norms; England: Seeking Influence; Concluding Observations 327 $a9. Seeking SolutionsThe Way Forward; A. Excerpts from the Ontario Arbitration ActOf 1991 235; B. Executive Summary the Report "DisputeResolution in Family Law: ProtectingChoice, Promoting Inclusion," December2004, also known as the "Boyd Report"; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aHanshaw explores the often competing demands that confront American Muslims from Islamic religious law and secular law. The conflict extends into many aspects of daily life, ranging from issues concerning divorce and child custody to the interpretation of contracts. The receptivity of U.S. courts to claims rooted in Islamic legal principles has been uneven, leaving Muslims in a state of uncertainty. As well, U.S. courts have often struggled to interpret Islamic law provisions. At the heart of Hanshaw's legal analysis lies the very personal question of whether weaknesses in U.S. judicial proces 410 0$aLaw and Society 606 $aIslamic law$zUnited States 606 $aMuslims$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aJustice, Administration of (Islamic law) 606 $aJustice, Administration of$zUnited States 606 $aJihad 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslamic law 615 0$aMuslims$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aJustice, Administration of (Islamic law) 615 0$aJustice, Administration of 615 0$aJihad. 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 676 $a340.5/9 700 $aHanshaw$b Mark E.$f1964-$0962696 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456693903321 996 $aMuslim and American straddling Islamic law and U.S. justice$92182899 997 $aUNINA