Islam, Europe and emerging legal issues /
W. Cole Durham ... [et al.]
- England : Ashgate Publishing Limited , 2012.
- xiii, 336 p. ; 24 cm.
Pt. I. Islam, human rights, and secularism in Europe : an overview --Islam in Strasbourg : can politics substitute for law? / Javier Martínez-Torrón --The European Court of Human Rights : between fundamentalist and liberal secularism / Ingvill Thorson Plesner --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 --Pt. II. European approaches to the islamic headscarf controversy --The hijab in Strasbourg : clear conclusions, unclear reasoning / Njål Høstmælingen --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 --Pt. III. 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9781409434443 RM291.00
European Court of Human Rights.
Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.--European Union countries. Hijab (Islamic clothing)--Law and legislation. Islamic law--Europe.