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Muslim Families, Politics and the Law: A Legal Industry in Multicultural Britain

Muslim Families, Politics and the Law: A Legal Industry in Multicultural Britain

Author: Ralph Grillo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781472451217
Published In: May 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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.

Preface

Cultural diversity and the law

The spectre of Shari'a.

Part I Politics and the Muslim Family: Marriage

Arranged and forced

Divorce

'The Muslim woman' and gender relations.

Part II Baroness Cox's Bill: The Bill (2011-2014)

The Bill's supporters: Christians and secularists

Ayes to the right

For, against, in the middle: Muslims, Jews and others

Islamophobia?