How muftis think : Islamic legal thought and Muslim women in Western Europe /

How muftis think : Islamic legal thought and Muslim women in Western Europe /

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...

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Main Author: Larsen, Lena.

Other Authors: Moe, Christian.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Norwegian

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society 44.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353343.

Subjects:

Women (Islamic law) > Europe, Western.
Muftis (Muslim officials) > Europe, Western.
Fatwas > Europe, Western.
Islamic law > Interpretation and construction.

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Call Number: KBP526.32.L37

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Table of 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-shariʿa and Modern Common Morality
  • Concluding Reflections
  • Back Matter
  • References.