How Muftis Think: Islamic Legal Thought and Muslim Women in Western Europe

by Lena Larsen

In How Muftis Think Lena Larsen explores fatwas that respond to questions asked by Muslim women in Western Europe in recent decades. The questions show women to be torn between two opposing notions of morality and norms: one stressing women's duties and obedience, and one stressing women's rights and equality before the law. Focusing on muftis who see "the time and place" as important considerations in fatwa-giving, and seek to develop a local...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004367799
• ISBN13: 9789004367791
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"