Islam, Europe and emerging legal issues [electronic resource] / edited by W. Cole Durham ... [et al.]. - Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., 2012. - xvi, 336 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Islam, the European Court of Human rights and democracy in Europe: overview. Islam in Strasbourg: can politics substitute for law? / Javier Mart�inez-Torr�on -- The European court, Islam and competing modes of secularism. The European Court of Human Rights: between fundamentalist and liberal secularism / Ingvill Plesner -- The Islamic headscarf: reflections and general propositions. Wearing the hijab: some reflections from a Muslim woman's perspective / Amal Idrissi -- International human rights law and the Islamic headscarf: a short note on the positions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Committee / Martin Scheinin -- European approaches to the islamic headscarf controversy. The hijab in Strasbourg: clear conclusions, unclear reasoning / Nj�al H�stm�lingen -- Religious symbols in public schools: the Islamic headscarf and the European Court of Human Rights decision in �Sahin v. Turkey / T. Jeremy Gunn -- The Strasbourg court dealing with Turkey and the human right to freedom of religion or belief: an assessment in light of Leyla �Sahin v. Turkey / Tore Lindholm -- The religious headscarf (hijab) and access to employment under Norwegian antidiscrimination laws / Ronald Craig -- The headscarf issue: a German perspective / Richard Puza -- The european court and the limits of pluralism: the welfare party case. The dubious foundations of the Refah decision / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Refah revisited: Strasbourg's construction of Islam / Christian Moe -- The principle of legal pluralism and militant democracy / Javid Gadirov -- The European Court's freedom of association cases and the implications for islam / Lance Lehnhof.


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European Court of Human Rights.


Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.--European Union countries.
Hijab (Islamic clothing)--Law and legislation.
Islam--Customs and practices.
Islam--Europe.


Electronic books.

KJC5144.M56 / I84 2012eb

346.2401/3

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