Shari'a in the West / edited by Rex Ahdar and Nicholas Aroney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahdar, Rex J.

Aroney, Nicholas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Western countries.

Islamic law.

Western countries.

Physical Description:

xii, 336 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Contents:

The topography of Shari'a in the western political landscape / Rex Abda and Nicholas Aroney

Multicultural citizenship and the Shariʾa controvery in Britain / Tariq Modood

The Archbishop of Canterbury : the man and the theology behind the Shariʾa lecture / John Milbank

Religious courts' recognition claims : two qualitatively distinct narratives / Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens

Islamic law, fundamental freedoms, and social cohesion : retrospect and prospect / Michael Nazir-Ali

Shariʾa and pluralism / James W. Skillen

Questions about the reasonable accommodation of minorities / Jeremy Waldron

State, religion, and the family : the new dilemmas of multicultural accomodation / Ayelet Sachar

Shariʾa and the true basis of group rights : Islam, the West, and liberalism / John Milbank

Religious courts, personal federalism, and legal transplants / Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens

Natural law, democracy, and Shariʾa / J. Budzisziewski

Negotiating the unfamiliar : reflections from The Netherlands on the Archbishop of Canterbury's lecture / Sophie van Bijsterveld

Reflections on the establishment of Shariʾa courts in Australia / Abdullah Saeed

In the shadow of our legal system : Shariʾa in Australia / Ann Black

To Shariʾaticize or not to Shariʾaticize : Islamic and secular law in liberal democratic society / Erich Kolig

The future of Muslim family law in western democracies / John Witte Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-328) and index.

ISBN:

9780199582914

0199582912

OCLC:

466361871