Islamic Divorce in North America: A Shari'a Path in a Secular Society

by Julie Macfarlane

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199753911
• ISBN13: 9780199753918
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.8"