{"product_id":"debating-sharia-anna-korteweg-9781442611450","title":"Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law Arbitration","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice announced it would begin offering Sharia-based services in Ontario, a subsequent provincial government review gave qualified support for religious arbitration. However, the ensuing debate inflamed the passions of a wide range of Muslim and non-Muslim groups, garnered worldwide attention, and led to a ban on religiously based family law arbitration in the province. \u003cem\u003eDebating Sharia\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on how Ontario's Sharia debate of 2003-2006 exemplified contemporary concerns regarding religiosity in the public sphere and the place of Islam in Western nation states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of rapidly changing Western liberal democracies, \u003cem\u003eDebating Sharia\u003c\/em\u003e approaches the issue from a variety of methodological perspectives, including policy and media analysis, fieldwork, feminist examinations of the portrayals of Muslim women, and theoretical examinations of religion, Sharia, and the law. This volume is an important read for those who grapple with ethnic and religio-cultural diversity while remaining committed to religious freedom and women's equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Korteweg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442611456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442611450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Anna Korteweg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49000355889407,"sku":"9781442611450","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/debating-sharia-anna-korteweg-9781442611450","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}