Accommodating Muslims under Common Law av Salim Farrar, Ghena Krayem

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<P>The book explores the relationship between Muslims, the Common Law and Shari?ah post-9/11. The book looks at the accommodation of Shari?ah Law within Western Common Law legal traditions and the role of the judiciary, in particular, in drawing boundaries for secular democratic states with Muslim populations who want resolutions to conflicts that also comply with the dictates of their faith.</P><P>Salim Farrar and Ghena Krayem consider the question of recognition of Shari?ah by looking at how the flexibilities that exists in both the Common Law and Shari?ah provide unexplored avenues for navigation and accommodation. The issue is explored in a comparative context across several jurisdictions and case law is examined in the contexts of family law, business and crime from selected jurisdictions with significant Muslim minority populations including: Australia, Canada, England and Wales, and the United States. The book examines how Muslims and the broader community have framed their clai