Shariʻa and life : authority, compromise, and mission in European mosques / Uriya Shavit and Fabian Spengler.
| Author/creator | Shavit, Uriya author. |
| Other author | Spengler, Fabian, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2023] |
| Description | 275 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Religious Law of Muslim Minorities -- Across a Wasati-Salafi Spectrum -- The Mustafti is the Mufti -- There’s Shariʻa, and There’s Life -- A Mission with Few Missionaries. |
| Abstract | "Drawing on five years of field studies in pragmatic- and dogmatic-inclined mosques across Europe, Shariʻa and Life explores how Muslims engage with shariʻa norms in general, and specifically with the challenges they face as Muslims living in majority non-Muslim societies. The book examines how fatwas (advice on shariʻa-related matters) are quested, negotiated, paraphrased, contested, or ignored in mosques, on the internet, and elsewhere. It also analyses individual strategies, external to religio-legal discourse, through which Muslims mitigate conflicts between interpretations of shariʻa and everyday life. Among the issues discussed in the book are financial transactions, education, the workplace, sports, electoral participation, Christmas greetings, proselytizing, and the legitimacy of choosing to live in a non-Muslim country. Shifting the focus from the authors and texts of fatwas to their recipients, Shariʻa and Life gives voice to those often left voiceless and demonstrates the great discretion and flexibility with which tensions between shariʻa and life are resolved."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Shavit, Uriya. Shariʻa and life. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2023 1487555040 9781487555047 |
| ISBN | 9781487554378 |
| ISBN | 9781487552275 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1487552270 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1487554370 (paper) |