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Author Larsen, Lena, author

Title How muftis think : Islamic legal thought and Muslim women in Western Europe / by Lena Larsen
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Series Studies in islamic law and society ; v. 44
Contents Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Women, Fatwas, Actors -- Continuity and Change: Fatwas and Fatwa-Giving on Women's Issues in Historical Perspective -- The Muftis and the Fatwa Institutions -- The Fatwas -- Agony Uncle: The Fatwas of Syed Darsh -- Women's Issues and Collective Fatwas: The Case of the ECFR -- Fatwa, Legitimacy, and Authority -- The Muftis' Reasoning in Local Context -- Fatwas in Context: Muftis and Local Challenges -- Maqasid al-shariĘża and Modern Common Morality -- Concluding Reflections -- Back Matter -- References
Summary In How Muftis Think Lena Larsen explores fatwas that respond to questions asked by Muslim women in Western Europe in recent decades. The questions show women to be torn between two opposing notions of morality and norms: one stressing women's duties and obedience, and one stressing women's rights and equality before the law. Focusing on muftis who see "the time and place" as important considerations in fatwa-giving, and seek to develop a local European Islamic jurisprudence on these increasingly controversial issues, Larsen examines how they deal with women's dilemmas. Careful not to suggest easy answers or happy endings, her discussion still holds out hope that European societies and Muslim minorities can recognize shared moral concerns
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women (Islamic law) -- Europe, Western
Muftis (Muslim officials) -- Europe, Western
Fatwas -- Europe, Western
Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction.
RELIGION / Islam / General
Fatwas
Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction
Muftis (Muslim officials)
Women (Islamic law)
Fetwa
Frau
Islamisches Recht
Mufti
Muslimin
Western Europe
Westeuropa
Westliche Welt
Form Electronic book
Author Moe, Christian, translator
LC no. 2018013523
ISBN 9789004367852
9004367853