Focuses on women and the civilizations and societies in which Islam has played a historic role. Surveys all facets of life (society, economy, politics, religion, the arts, popular culture, sports, health, science, medicine, environment, and so forth) of women in these societies.
In general, an ahong's duty ranged widely, covering responsibility for ritual and
ceremonial events, instruction in scriptural knowledge and its application to daily
life, teaching of hailifan, female students of Islam, counseling, participation in ...
... needs a careful consideration keeping in view the legal and ethical issues ,
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Policy-makers and the public are increasingly attentive to the role of shari'a in the everyday lives of Western Muslims, with negative associations and public fears growing among their non-Muslim neighbors in the United States and Canada. The most common way North American Muslims relate to shari'a is in their observance of Muslim marriage and divorce rituals; recourse to traditional Islamic marriage and, to a lesser extent, divorce is widespread. Julie Macfarlane has conducted hundreds of interviews with Muslim couples, as well as with religious and community leaders and family conflict professionals. Her book describes how Muslim marriage and divorce processes are used in North America, and what they mean to those who embrace them as a part of their religious and cultural identity. The picture that emerges is of an idiosyncratic private ordering system that reflects a wide range of attitudes towards contemporary family values and changes in gender roles. Some women describe pervasive assumptions about restrictions on their role in the family system, as well as pressure to accept these values and to stay married. Others of both genders describe the gradual modernization of Islamic family traditions - and the subsequent emergence of a Western shari'a--but a continuing commitment to the rituals of Muslim marriage and divorce in their private lives. Readers will be challenged to consider how the secular state should respond in order to find a balance between state commitment to universal norms and formal equality, and the protection of religious freedom expressed in private religious and cultural practices.
Marriage Counseling by Other Professionals Islam teaches that good mental
health—which enables wise decisions about critical life choices, like whether or
not to stay married—requires a reconciliation between one's spiritual and
physical ...
Judge shall select two from amongst them to form a quorum of judges in the Shariah Appeal Court in respect of every hearing . The name of the seven
members shall be published in the Gazette . The Chief Shariah Judge may
appoint any ...
The regulation of financial institutions including IFIs is a complex topic that
requires the analysis of multiple layers of law or legal systems and the ways in
which they interact and influence one another in the production of rules and
regulations.
CHAPTER SIX DEFINING THE LEGAL JURISDICTION OF THE STATE:
AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF GOVERNMENT Where law ends, there begins
tyranny." I. General Introductory There is something intuitively compelling about
these words.
Contested globalizations -- Rival transnational networks -- Politics in a global system -- Globalizing capitalism : the transnational neoliberal network in action -- Promoting multilateralism : social movements and the UN system -- Mobilizing a transnational network for democratic globalization -- Agenda-setting in a global polity -- Domesticating international human rights norms -- Confronting contradictions between multilateral economic institutions and the UN system -- Alternative political spaces : the world social forum process and "globalization from below" -- Conclusions: Network politics and global democracy
Contested globalizations -- Rival transnational networks -- Politics in a global system -- Globalizing capitalism : the transnational neoliberal network in action -- Promoting multilateralism : social movements and the UN system -- ...
"Why do social movements take the forms they do? How do activists' efforts and beliefs interact with the cultural and political contexts in which they work? Why do activists take particular strategic paths, and how do their strategies affect the course and impact of the movement? Representing a new generation of social movement theory, the contributors to this volume build bridges between political opportunities and collective identity paradigms, between analyses of movements' internal dynamics and their external contexts, between approaches that emphasize structure and those that emphasize culture. Case studies range from civil rights and religious movements in North American and Western Europe to revolutionary movements in Burma, the Philippines, and Indonesia; labor campaigns in England and South Africa; and feminist movements in India. Combining a variety of perspectives on a wide range of topics, the contributors' synthetic approach shifts the field of social movements forward in important new directions."--Back cover.
kenneth t. andrews The civil rights movement has had a lasting impact in the
United States through its influence on social policies, political alignments, public
opinion, and other social movements. Even though many of its fundamental goals
...
Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and the ways in which it continues to change the societies in which it is prevalent.
America. Patricia L. Hipsher In many respects, the 1980s was the decade of the
social movement in Latin America. In a climate of greater political openness
provided by the transitions to democracy, shantytown dwellers' movements,
feminists, ...
