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Islamic Adaptations to Western Europe and North America: The Importance of Contrastive Analyses.
- Source :
- American Behavioral Scientist; Dec2011, Vol. 55 Issue 12, p1601-1615, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The article examines the ways Islamic leaders have adapted to conditions in Britain, France, and the United States by taking one problem—how a Muslim woman can obtain a religious divorce—and identifying contrasts across those three countries. It emphasizes two contrasts among the three countries: the degree of residential concentration of Muslims and the social effects such concentration may have, and the legal legitimacy of religion in civil courts. Muslim leaders have crafted institutions accordingly: in Britain, shariah councils emerging from tight-knit communities and regarded by jurists as relatively benign; in France, Islamic leaders constrained to emphasize the Islamic legitimacy of civil institutions; and in the United States, leaders developing contractual instruments in response to relatively favorable judicial reactions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00027642
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 67195016
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764211409920