00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009755 20200508204937 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 978-90-04-36785-2 010-0520009755 eng 297 297/LAR/H Lena Larsen How Muftis Think Leiden Brill 2018 xii, 312 pp. <a href="https://brill.com/abstract/title/36361">e-book</a> 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 womens duties and obedience, and one stressing womens 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 European Islamic jurisprudence on these increasingly controversial issues, Larsen examines how they deal with womens dilemmas. Careful not to suggest easy answers or happy endings, her discussion still holds out hope that European societies and Muslim minorities can recognize shared moral concerns. Islamic Law Middle East and Islamic Studies Religion