Contributi di Federica Sona

SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione - 2. Tassonomie di appartenenza alla Ummah - 3. Modelli di innesto dell’ islām in Europa - 4. Atteggiamenti culturalizzati, assimilati, cosmopoliti e in protesta - 5. Approcci geopoliticizzati e transnazionali - 6. Orientamenti esternalizzati, dualizzati e islamizzati - 7. Considerazioni conclusive.

Decoding European islām. Intercultural law and sharī ʿ ah -compliant relations.

ABSTRACT: Since the beginning of the XXI century, Islām became a key-topic in the national and international discourse. In the contemporary pluralist and fluid scenario, the public visibility of Euro- Islām increases also as expression of Muslim communities’ demands and pressing needs. In light of recent tragic events and the exponentially growing European Muslim community, developing appropriate tools for effective and fruitful dialogue is thus of pivotal importance. Adopting a pluralist perspective, the paper investigates the multi-folded accommodation, adaptation and mutual adjustment techniques enacted amongst different legal cultures, orders and systems. Specifically, attention is paid to the reciprocally (non) adjustments of Islamic/Muslim laws to European domestic legal systems, and the implications of the interaction between sharī ʿ ah -compliant relations and intercultural law. The proposed analysis aims to decode the various forms of sharī ʿ ah -compliant modus vivendi enacted by European Muslims by shedding light upon the peculiarities of European Islām and the polychrome taxonomies of belonging to al-Ummah Islamiyyah . Relying upon field-collected data, the transplantation models of Islām in national legal systems are disentangled, whilst the discussion reveals new prototypes of state and social co-existence, constantly developed and reinvented at the crossroads amongst states, religions and traditions.

SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione - 2. La cornice del dibattito - 3. L’indagine ministeriale - 4. Il quadro descrittivo delle attività di ricerca - 5. Le difficoltà dell’indagine empirica - 6. Gruppi tematici e problematiche di ricerca - 7. Aspetti fondamentali ed elementi chiave - 8. Proposte di legge - 9. Riflessioni conclusive sulla giustizia religiosa sciaraitica. Faith-based justice and Islām . Sharī ʿ ah Councils in the UK.

ABSTRACT: In 2008, a vivid debate was stirred by the lecture delivered in the Royal Courts of Justice by the then Archbishop of Canterbury. Public discussion and social commentary began to question the role that sharī ʿ ah was playing in the British society and the Sharī ʿ ah Councils were immediately identified as proponents of a "parallel" legal system. Whilst media coverage was causing much anxiety, the narrative on "inherently discriminatory" legal orders operating in the shadow of state law exponentially grew.This social critique soon brought to light knowledge gaps concerning British Muslim communities as well as Islamic and Muslim laws, specifically regarding family issues. Thus, the Ministry of Justice promptly commissioned a research project on these matters. Having had the privilege of being named amongst the researchers responsible for mentioned ministerial project, this paper intends to build upon the collected material and analysed data in order to shed light upon some key-findings concerning the British Sharī ʿ ah Councils. The proposed discussion also pays attention not only to the latest products of the academic discourse on faith-based justice, but also to the political debate on sharī ʿ ah -related matters, addressing two recently launched enquiries and a pending Bill introduced in the Parliament. pdf