Shari'a in the West

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-958291-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

In February 2008, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, delivered a public lecture in which he stated that it "seem[ed] unavoidable" that certain aspects of Islamic law (Shari'a) would be recognized and incorporated into British law. The comments provoked outrage from sections of the public who viewed any recognition of Shari'a law in Britain with alarm. In July 2008 Lord Phillips, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, weighed into the fray. He praised the Archbishop's speech and gave qualified support for Shari'a principles to govern certain family and civil disputes.

Responding to the polarised debate that followed these lectures, this is a collection of short essays written by distinguished and prominent scholars addressing the question of the accommodation of Shari'a within the legal systems of the liberal-democratic West. The matters raised in the two 2008 lectures provide a springboard for lively discussion, criticism and debate on both the specific question of religious/cultural accommodation by the law and the wider issues of multiculturalism, equality before the law and the desirability of parallel jurisdictions for particular faith communities.

Leading scholars from a range of countries and academic disciplines, and representing different political viewpoints and faith traditions explore the complex issues surrounding the legal recognition of religious faith in a multicultural society.

The volume aims to stimulate further thought on a complex issue, and to open up new pathways for policymakers and civil society institutions grappling with the relationship between Shari'a and Western legal systems.

Zielgruppe

Academics working in politics, law, public policy, history, sociology, theology and religious studies; students on advanced law and religion courses; public commentators and journalists; leaders and spokespersons of interested organisations and community groups, think-tanks and public policy institutes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahdar, Rex

Aroney, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Rex Ahdar and Nicholas Aroney: The Topography of Shari'a in the Western Political Landscape

- I

- 2: Tariq Modood: Multicultural Citizenship and the Shari'a Controversy in Britain

- 3: John Milbank: The Archbishop of Canterbury: The Man and the Theology Behind the Shari'a Lecture

- 4: Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens: Religious Courts' Recognition Claims: Two Qualitatively Distinct Narratives

- 5: Michael Nazir-Ali: Islamic Law, Fundamental Freedoms, and Social Cohesion: Retrospect and Prospect

- 6: James W Skillen: Shari'a and Pluralism

- II

- 7: Jeremy Waldron: Questions about the Reasonable Accommodation of Minorities

- 8: Ayelet Shachar: Entangled: State, Religion, and the Family

- 9: John Milbank: Shari'a and the True Basis of Group Rights: Islam, the West, and Liberalism

- 10: Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens: Religious Courts, Personal Federalism, and Legal Transplants

- 11: J. Budziszewski: Natural Law, Democracy, and Shari'a

- III

- 12: Sophie van Bijsterveld: Negotiating the Unfamiliar: Reflections from the Netherlands on the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lecture

- 13: Abdullah Saeed: Reflections on the Establishment of Shari'a Courts in Australia

- 14: Ann Black: In the Shadow of Our Legal System: Shari'a in Australia

- IV

- 15: Erich Kolig: To Shari'aticize or not to Shari'aticize: Islamic and Secular Law in Liberal Democratic Society

- 16: John Witte Jr: The Future of Muslim Family Law in Western Democracies

- Appendix I

- The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Rt Rev Dr Rowan Williams, Civil and Religious Law in England: a Religious Perspective

- Appendix II

- Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Equality Before the Law

Über Autor(innen)

Rex Ahdar is Professor of Law at the University of Otago

Nicholas Aroney is Professor of Law at the University of Queensland