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Applying Sharia in the West : Facts, Fears and the Future of Islamic Rules on Family Relations in the West /

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...

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Autores Corporativos: Open Access Publishing in European Networks, LUCIS (Center)
Otros Autores: Berger, Maurits
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Applying Shariʻa in the West / Marits S. Berger
  • Reasons for the application of Shariʻa in the West / Mathias Rohe
  • America : Islam and the problems of liberal democracy / Bryan S. Turner and James T. Richardson
  • Australia : the down-under approach and reaction to Shariʻa : an impasse in post-secularism? / Jamila Hussain and Adam Possamai
  • United Kingdom : an early discussion on Islamic family law in the English jurisdiction / Jorgen S. Nielsen
  • The Netherlands : applying Shariʻa to family law issues in the Netherlands / Susan Rutten
  • 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
  • Greece : debate and challenges / Angeliki Ziaka
  • Unregistered Islamic marriages : anxieties about sexuality and Islam in the Netherlands / Annelies Moors
  • Understanding and use of Islamic family law rules in German courts : the examples of the Mahr / Nadjima Yassari
  • A language of hybridity : honour and otherness in Canadian law and Shariʻa / Pascale Fournier and Nathan Reyes
  • Accommodating Islamic family law(s) : a critical analysis of some recent developments and experiments in Europe / Marie-Claire Foblets
  • Religion, gender, and family law : critical perspectives on integration for European Muslims / Zainab Alwani and Celene Ayat Lizzio
  • Reflections on the development of the discourse of Fiqh for minorities and some challenges it faces / Abdullah Saeed.