This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers the United Kingdom and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original English language while the annotations and supporting material are in English. By legal documents are meant the texts of legislation, including relevant secondary legislation, as well as significant court decisions. Each legal text is preceded by an introduction describing the historical, political and legal circumstances of its adoption, plus a short paragraph summarising its content. The focus of the collection is on the religious dimensions of being Muslim in Europe, i.e. on individuals' access to practise their religious obligations and on the ability to organise and manifest their religious life.
Foreword by the Editors
General Introduction
1Muslims in Britaina demographic picture
2Distinctive features of British legal systems
3The Islamic law or Sharia
4Material covered in this volume
1 Status of religious communities
1The Human Rights Act 1998 and European Convention on Human Rights
2Registration of places of worship
3Charity law
4Muslim litigants in courts and Islamophobia
2 Relations between the State and Islam
1Islamic extremism colours the direction of state policy
2Electoral law
3 State Support for Islamic Religious Communities
1Charities
2Taxation benefits for registered religious buildings
4 Anti-discrimination law
1Frequently used provisions of the Equality Act 2010
2The public sector equality duty
5 Mosques and Prayer
1Mosques
2Prayer
6 Burials and Cemeteries
7 Education
1Non-discrimination and human rights provisions applicable to schooling
2Separate provision for the sexes
3Religious education
4Religious worship
5Withdrawal from religious education and worship
6Teachers
7Relationships and sex education
8 Further and Higher (Tertiary) Education
9 Islamic Chaplaincy in Public Institutions
10 Employment and Social Law
1Anti-discrimination provisions on employment
2Exceptions to the reach of anti-discrimination law
3Proselytism in the workplace
11 Islamic Slaughter and Food Regulation
1Ritual Slaughter
2Diet and fasting
12 Islamic Goods and Services
1Equality legislation in the provision of services
2Islamic finance
13 Islamic Dress
1Islamic dress under anti-discrimination law
2Islamic dress under Article 9 of the ECHR
14 Criminal Law
1Public order offences
2Religiously aggravated offences
3Terrorism offences
4Forced marriage offences
5Female genital mutilation offences
6Conscientious objection
15 Family law
1Private international law
2Marriage and divorce
3Children
Bibliography
Index
Prakash Shah, Ph.D., is a Reader in Culture and Law at Queen Mary University of London. His research focuses on the intersections of law, religion, culture, caste and migration.
