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Muslim Families, Politics and the Law - A Legal Industry in Multicultural Britain (Paperback)
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Muslim Families, Politics and the Law - A Legal Industry in Multicultural Britain (Paperback)
Series: Cultural Diversity and Law
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Contemporary European societies are multi-ethnic and
multi-cultural, certainly in terms of the diversity which has
stemmed from the immigration of workers and refugees and their
settlement. Currently, however, there is widespread, often
acrimonious, debate about 'other' cultural and religious beliefs
and practices and limits to their accommodation. This book focuses
principally on Muslim families and on the way in which gender
relations and associated questions of (women's) agency, consent and
autonomy, have become the focus of political and social commentary,
with followers of the religion under constant public scrutiny and
criticism. Practices concerning marriage and divorce are especially
controversial and the book includes a detailed overview of the
public debate about the application of Islamic legal and ethical
norms (shari'a) in family law matters, and the associated role of
Shari'a councils, in a British context. In short, Islam generally
and the Muslim family in particular have become highly politicized
sites of contestation, and the book considers how and why and with
what implications for British multiculturalism, past, present and
future. The study will be of great interest to international
scholars and academics researching the governance of diversity and
the accommodation of other faiths including Islam.
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