Shari'a councils and Muslim women in Britain : rethinking the role of power and authority / by Tanya Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Tanya, author.

Series:

Muslim minorities ; v. 22.

Muslim minorities ; volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic courts--Great Britain.

Islamic courts.

Muslim women--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Muslim women.

Muslim women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Muslim women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Muslim women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vi, 222 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

The public debate on Shari'a 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 Shari'a 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 Shari a 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The sharia councils, the women, and some methodological concerns

The question of authority

The women in context : the web of power

Tactics of power

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Walker, Tanya, author. Sharia councils and Muslim women in Britain

ISBN:

9789004316089

9004316086

OCLC:

953708991