The Islamic Juridical Vacuum An Ethnographic Study of How Parallel Legal Institutions Emerged in Denmark

Based on seven years of ethnographic fieldwork in Denmark this study investigates how Islamic legal processes work before and after the emergence of Islamic divorce councils around 2021. The author begins by laying out a new methodology for the study of sharia, which leads him to several surprising...

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1. Verfasser: Petersen, Jesper
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boston Brill 2025
BRILL
Ausgabe:1
Schriftenreihe:Muslim Minorities
Schlagworte:
coercive control
Denmark
Ethnic studies
Europe
Family law
Family law: marriage, separation and divorce
faskh
fiqh
honor
Islam
islamic divorce
islamic law
islamic marriage
JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
Jurisprudence and general issues
khula
Khulʿ
Law
Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law
migration
muslim law
nikah
Northern Europe, Scandinavia
parallel community
parallel law
parallel society
Philosophy and Religion
Place qualifiers
qadi
Religion and beliefs
religious law
Sharia
Sharia council
Shariʿa
Shariʿa council
Social groups, communities and identities
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
Systems of law
Systems of law: Islamic law
tafriq
talaq
ISBN:9789004700253, 9004700250, 9004700269, 9789004700260
ISSN:1570-7571
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Zusammenfassung:Based on seven years of ethnographic fieldwork in Denmark this study investigates how Islamic legal processes work before and after the emergence of Islamic divorce councils around 2021. The author begins by laying out a new methodology for the study of sharia, which leads him to several surprising conclusions. The study for example demonstrates that Islamic legal practices constitute an integrated part of how the Danish welfare state operates, that female Muslim leaders play important roles in Islamic divorce processes, and that the demand for Islamic divorce councils is generated as a byproduct of Muslim women’s agency.
ISBN:9789004700253
9004700250
9004700269
9789004700260
ISSN:1570-7571
DOI:10.1163/9789004700260