LEADER 05888nam 22006733 450 001 9910996593403321 005 20250227080514.0 010 $a9789004700260 010 $a9004700269 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31919569 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31919569 035 $a(CKB)37699769300041 035 $a(OCoLC)1503845201 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937699769300041 100 $a20250227d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Islamic Juridical Vacuum $eAn Ethnographic Study of How Parallel Legal Institutions Emerged in Denmark 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBoston :$cBRILL,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025. 215 $a1 online resource (329 pages) 225 1 $aMuslim Minorities Series ;$vv.45 311 08$a9789004700253 311 08$a9004700250 327 $aFront Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 1 The Aim of This Book -- 2 Denmark as a Single Case Study of a European Phenomenon -- 3 An Initially Unplanned Study -- 4 On Triangulation -- 5 Ethical Considerations -- 6 Primer on Islamic Legal Terminology -- 7 Remarks on Language -- Part 1 The Theory of the Islamic Juridical Vacuum -- Chapter 1 Epistemology and Methodology in the Study of Sharia -- 1 Finding the Object of Study and Asking a Research Question -- 2 Non-Muslims' Experiencing Nikah Captivity -- 3 The Deferred Nature of an Islamic Juridical Performance -- 4 Levels and Locations of Sharia Production -- 5 Islamic Semiotic Resources -- 6 Discursivity -- 7 Emotions -- 8 The Operationalization of the Epistemological and Methodological Standpoint -- Chapter 2 The Islamic Juridical Vacuum and the Welfare State -- 1 Absence and Presence -- 2 Emergence and Collapse of Presences in the Vacuum -- 3 Demand Projected on to Researchers -- 4 Responding to Demand as a Representative of the Welfare State -- 5 The Epistemic Ceiling -- 6 The Epistemic Community of Presence -- 7 A Field Structured by Demand -- Chapter 3 Substructures of the Demand -- 1 Historical Roots of the Vacuum -- 2 Making Islamic Divorce Rules in Diaspora -- 3 Islamized Coercive Control -- 4 Islamized Post-separation Violence -- 5 Honor -- 6 Arranged and Forced Nikah -- 7 Honor-Motivated Control -- 8 Getting Closure and the Religious Dimension -- 9 A Vacuum Generated by Women's Agency -- Part 2 The Dynamics of the Islamic Juridical Vacuum -- Chapter 4 Women's Networks and Female Leaders -- 1 Women's Networks from the Perspective of Male Muslim Leaders -- 2 A Processual Perspective on Amina's and Nabila's Practice -- 3 The Significance of Family Support. 327 $a4 Experiences with Male Muslim Leaders -- 5 Polygamy -- 6 A High Demand Uncatered For -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Islamic Legal Practices in the Islamic Juridical Vacuum -- 1 Becoming a qadi or Mediator -- 2 A Dangerous Pose -- 3 Editing Divorce Documents and Adopting the Pose of Qadi -- 4 Demand Co-Produces the Rules -- 5 Oscillating Presences -- 6 Geography of the Vacuum -- 7 Erasing Islamic Juridical Performances -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Political Strategies against Parallel Legal Orders -- 1 The Episteme above and below the Ceiling -- 2 Taking Meaningful Political Action above the Epistemic Ceiling -- 3 Navigating below the Epistemic Ceiling -- 4 The Problem of Nikah Captivity Unresolved -- Part 3 The Institutionalization of Islamic Divorce Councils -- Chapter 7 Until Death Separates Us -- 1 The Formulation of an Islamic Divorce Template -- 2 Until Death Separates Us -- 3 The Practical Details of Islamic Divorce in the Mariam Mosque -- 4 Khankan's Method -- 5 Women's Experience of Agency -- 6 Men's and Families' Responses -- 7 Security Issues -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Islamic Divorce Council -- 1 The Emergence and Collapse of Islamic Divorce Councils -- 2 Planning a Presence -- 3 The Effect of a Stable Presence -- Chapter 9 The Imam Ali Mosque -- 1 The Marja System -- 2 Shia Islamic Divorce in the Field of Presence -- 3 Shia Islamic Divorce in the Field of Absence -- 4 Transnational Presence -- Conclusion -- 1 The Vacuum Theory in Condensed Form -- 2 Khidir -- 3 Hidden in Plain Sight -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. 330 $aBased on seven years of ethnographic fieldwork this study investigates the emergence of Islamic divorce councils in Denmark around 2021. 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