Debating Shariah: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law Arbitration - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442642629 ISBN 13 : 9781442642621

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice announced it would begin offering Sharia-based services in Ontario, a subsequent provincial government review gave qualified support for religious arbitration. However, the ensuing debate inflamed the passions of a wide range of Muslim and non-Muslim groups, garnered worldwide attention, and led to a ban on religiously based family law arbitration in the province. Debating Sharia sheds light on how Ontario s Sharia debate of 2003 2006 exemplified contemporary concerns regarding religiosity in the public sphere and the place of Islam in Western nation states. Focusing on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of rapidly changing Western liberal democracies, Debating Sharia approaches the issue from a variety of methodological perspectives, including policy and media analysis, fieldwork, feminist examinations of the portrayals of Muslim women, and theoretical examinations of religion, Sharia, and the law. This volume is an important read for those who grapple with ethnic and religio-cultural diversity while remaining committed to religious freedom and women s equality.

Biographie de l'auteur

Anna C. Korteweg is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology with a cross-appointment to the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Jennifer A. Selby is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1442642629
• ISBN 13: 9781442642621
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Korteweg Anna, Selby Jennifer A.