Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: Denmark

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43494-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Dänisch, Band 18, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe

This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers Denmark and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original Danish language while the annotations and supporting material are in English. By legal documents are meant the texts of legislation, including relevant secondary legislation, as well as significant court decisions. Each legal text is preceded by an introduction describing the historical, political and legal circumstances of its adoption, plus a short paragraph summarising its content. The focus of the collection is on the religious dimensions of being Muslim in Europe, i.e. on individuals' access to practise their religious obligations and on the ability to organise and manifest their religious life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vinding, Niels Valdemar

Weitere Mitwirkende

Nielsen, Jørgen

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Nordeuropa (Skandinavien)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by the Editors

General Introduction

A General Framework of the Danish Model of Regulating Religion

The Specific Case of Islamic Communities in Their Danish Context

The 2016 ‘Agreement Paper’ and the Recent Legislative Agenda

1 Status of Religious Communities

1.1 Constitutional Framework and Guarantees

1.2 Legal Recognition of Churches and Religious Communities

1.3 Registered Religious Communities

1.4 Religious Communities as Associations

2 Relations between the State and Islam

2.1 Introduction

2.2 General Provisions Relevant to Religion

3 State Support for Islamic Religious Communities

4 Islamic Community

5 Muslims in Integration Law

5.1 Legal Residence for Religious Personnel

5.2 Public Sanction List against Religious ‘Hate Preachers’

5.3 Ceremonies Celebrating New Citizens

6 Mosques and Prayer Houses

6.1 Proposals to Ban Minarets and Mosques

6.2 Proposal to Ban Prayer Rooms

7 Burial and Cemeteries

7.1 Cemeteries

7.2 Other Religious Funerals and Burials

8 Education and Schools

8.1 Religion in Compulsory Education

8.2 Religious Education

8.3 Private Schools

9 Further and Higher (Tertiary) Education

9.1 Imam Training in Public Tertiary Education

10 Islamic Chaplaincy in Public Institutions

10.1 Schools

10.2 Hospitals

10.3 Prisons

10.4 Confidentiality

11 Employment and Social Law

11.1 Non-discrimination

11.2 The Ghetto Plan

11.3 Social Inclusion Efforts by the Police Authorities

12 Islamic Slaughter and Food Regulation

13 Islamic Dress

13.1 Scarves and Religious Headwear

13.2 Judges in Courts

13.3 The Ban on Face Covering

14 Criminal Law

14.1 Criminalising Explicit Approval

14.2 Illegal Coercion

14.3 Hate Crimes

15 Family Law

15.1 Marriage and Divorce

15.2 Children

15.3 Mediation

16 Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Niels Valdemar Vinding, Ph.D., Islamic Studies, is postdoc at the University of Copenhagen where he is researching Islam and Muslims in Denmark and Europe, in particular imams and mosques. He recently published Exploring the Multitude of Muslims in Europe. Essays in Honour of Jørgen S. Nielsen (Brill 2018), as author and co-editor.