Islam and English Law : Rights, Responsibilities and the Place of Shari'a
ISBN: 9781107639874 | 1107639875
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 5/20/2013
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Should England adopt shari'a law? Does Islam threaten British ideals? Lawyers, theologians and sociologists provide here a constructive, forward-looking dialogue.
This volume discusses Rowan Williams' lecture on shari'a law, which launched an interdisciplinary media debate on the relationship between Islam and Christianity, as well as church and state. Of considerable interest to students of law, religion, Islamic history and those interested in the ongoing debate about shari'a law.
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This volume discusses Rowan Williams' lecture on shari'a law, which launched an interdisciplinary media debate on the relationship between Islam and Christianity, as well as church and state. Of considerable interest to students of law, religion, Islamic history and those interested in the ongoing debate about shari'a law.
Fo... MORE
| List of contributors | |
| Preface | |
| List of abbreviations | |
| Introduction | |
| The Archbishop of Canterbury and Shari'a Law | |
| The 'unavoidable' adoption of shari'a law? The generation of a media storm | |
| Civil and religious law in England: a religious perspective | |
| The Archbishop's Proposal for 'Transformative Accommodation' | |
| Shari'a and Secular De... MORE | |
| The Refah case at the European Court of Human Rights | |
| The compatibility of an Islamic/shari'a law system or shari'a rules with the European Convention on Human Rights | |
| An analysis of the relationship between shari'a and secular democracy and the compatibility of Islamic law with the European Convention on Human Rights | |
| Dignity and religion | |
| Legal Pluralism: Should English Law Give Greater Recognition to Islamic Law? | |
| Family law: current conflicts and their resolution | |
| Arbitration law and family law: developments towards legal pluralism? | |
| Judging Muslims | |
| From Muslim migrants to Muslim citizens | |
| Ontario's 'shari'a court': law and politics intertwined | |
| Accommodation or Conflict: Trajectories in the United Kingdom | |
| Religious rights and the public interest | |
| Responsibilities and Rights | |
| Freedom of Speech, Incitement to Religious Hatred: Beyond the Divide? | |
| Where to draw the line, and how to draw it Sydney Kentridge, including a note: the Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoons | |
| Censor or censure: maintaining civility | |
| In praise of 'fuzzy law' | |
| Defining Jihad: Personal Commitment, Politics and the State | |
| Towards an Islamic society, not an Islamic state | |
| Following shari'a in the West | |
| Violence, personal commitment and democracy Khaled | |
| Prospect: Equality before God and before the Law | |
| Equal before God | |
| Equal before the law | |
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