[PDF] Sharia Councils And Muslim Women In Britain eBook

Author : Tanya Walker
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004331360

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The public debate on Shariʿa councils in Britain has been heavily influenced by the assumption that the councils exist as religious authorities and that those who use them exercise their right to religious freedom. In Shariʿa Councils and Muslim Women in Britain Tanya Walker draws on extensive fieldwork from over 100 cases to argue for a radically different understanding of the setting and dynamics of the Shariʿa councils. The analysis highlights the pragmatic manoeuvrings of Muslim women, in pursuit of defined objectives, within limited space – holding in tension both the constraints of particular frameworks of power, and the realities of women’s agency. Despite this needed nuance in a polarised debate however, important questions about the rights of Muslim women remain.

Author : S. Bano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2012-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137283858

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Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women.

Author : John R. Bowen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 31,77 MB
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0691158541

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On British Islam examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on shariʿa councils. These councils concern themselves with religious matters, especially divorce. They have a higher profile in Britain than in other Western nations. Why? Taking a historical and ethnographic look at British Islam, John Bowen examines how Muslims have created distinctive religious institutions in Britain and how shariʿa councils interpret and apply Islamic law in a secular British context. Bowen focuses on three specific shariʿa councils: the oldest and most developed, in London; a Midlands community led by a Sufi saint and barrister; and a Birmingham-based council in which women play a leading role. Bowen shows that each of these councils represents a prolonged, unique experiment in meeting Muslims' needs in a Western country. He also discusses how the councils have become a flash point in British public debates even as they adapt to the English legal environment. On British Islam highlights British Muslims' efforts to create institutions that make sense in both Islamic and British terms. This balancing act is rarely acknowledged in Britain—or elsewhere—but it is urgent that we understand it if we are to build new ways of living together.

Author : Samia Bano
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 27,91 MB
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1000863913

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In February 2018, the ‘Independent Review on Sharia Law in England and Wales’ was published, headed by Professor Mona Siddiqui. The review focused on whether sharia law is being misused or applied in a way that is incompatible with the domestic law in England and Wales, and, in particular, whether there were discriminatory practices against women who use sharia councils. It came about after years of concerns raised by academics, lawyers and women’s activists. This timely collection of essays from experts, scholars and legal practitioners provides a critique and evaluation of the Inquiry findings as a starting point for analysis and debate on current British Muslim family law practices in the matters of marriage and divorce. At the heart of the collection lie key questions of state action and legal reform of religious practices that may operate ‘outside the sphere of law and legal relations’ but also in conjunction with state law mechanisms and processes. This cutting-edge book is a must read for those with an interest in Islamic law, family law, sociology of religion, human rights, multiculturalism, politics, anthropology of law and gender studies.

Author : Anna Marotta
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004473092

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A study on the Islamic ADR institutions in England through the lens of Comparative Law and Geopolitics.

Author : Shaheen Sardar Ali
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107033381

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This book offers unique insights into Islamic law, considering its theoretical perspectives alongside its practical application in daily Muslim life.

Author : Ralph Grillo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 1317091159

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Contemporary European societies are multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, certainly in terms of the diversity which has stemmed from the immigration of workers and refugees and their settlement. Currently, however, there is widespread, often acrimonious, debate about ’other’ cultural and religious beliefs and practices and limits to their accommodation. This book focuses principally on Muslim families and on the way in which gender relations and associated questions of (women’s) agency, consent and autonomy, have become the focus of political and social commentary, with followers of the religion under constant public scrutiny and criticism. Practices concerning marriage and divorce are especially controversial and the book includes a detailed overview of the public debate about the application of Islamic legal and ethical norms (shari’a) in family law matters, and the associated role of Shari’a councils, in a British context. In short, Islam generally and the Muslim family in particular have become highly politicized sites of contestation, and the book considers how and why and with what implications for British multiculturalism, past, present and future. The study will be of great interest to international scholars and academics researching the governance of diversity and the accommodation of other faiths including Islam.

Author : Kathryn O'Sullivan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004398252

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Minority Religions under Irish Law focuses the spotlight specifically on the legal protections afforded in Ireland to minority religions, generally, and to the Muslim community, in particular.