The Islamic Juridical Vacuum : An Ethnographic Study of How Parallel Legal Institutions Emerged in Denmark

• Autore: Petersen Jesper
• Pubblicazione: Boston : , : BRILL, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 pages)
• Disciplina: 346.48901/66
• Soggetto topico: Divorce (Islamic law); Divorce (Islamic law) - Denmark; Divorce - Law and legislation - Denmark; Conflict of laws - Divorce - Denmark; Welfare state - Denmark; Muslim women - Legal status, laws, etc - Denmark; Women (Islamic law); Islamic law - Methodology; Imams (Mosque officers) - Denmark
• Nota di contenuto: Front 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. ; 4 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on seven years of ethnographic fieldwork this study investigates the emergence of Islamic divorce councils in Denmark around 2021. The study explains how such councils operates and argues that similar councils exist in other countries in mainland Europe.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Islamic Juridical Vacuum
• ISBN: 9789004700260; 9004700269
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910996593403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Muslim Minorities Series