Shariʿa Councils and Muslim Women in Britain

Rethinking the Role of Power and Authority
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31608-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 475 g

Reihe: Muslim Minorities

The public debate on Shari'a councils in Britain has been heavily influenced by the assumption that the councils exist as religious authorities and that those who use them exercise their right to religious freedom. In Shari'a Councils and Muslim Women in Britain Tanya Walker draws on extensive fieldwork from over 100 cases to argue for a radically different understanding of the setting and dynamics of the Shari'a councils. The analysis highlights the pragmatic manoeuvrings of Muslim women, in pursuit of defined objectives, within limited space – holding in tension both the constraints of particular frameworks of power, and the realities of women’s agency. Despite this needed nuance in a polarised debate however, important questions about the rights of Muslim women remain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walker, Tanya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter One: The Shari'a Councils, the Women, and Some Methodological Concerns
Chapter Two: The Question of Authority
Chapter Three: The Women in Context: the Web of Power
Chapter Four: Tactics of Power
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tanya Walker Ph.D. (2012, SOAS) is a political scientist and public speaker. Born in Tehran, she was educated at the Universities of Oxford and London. Her fieldwork provides the most extensive review of the Shari'a councils in Britain to date.