Should England adopt shari'a law? Does Islam threaten British ideals? Lawyers, theologians and sociologists provide here a constructive, forward-looking dialogue.

List of contributors; Preface Robin Griffith-Jones; List of abbreviations; Introduction Stephen Hockman; Part I. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Shari'a Law: 1. The 'unavoidable' adoption of shari'a law? The generation of a media storm Robin Griffith-Jones; 2. Civil and religious law in England: a religious perspective Rowan Williams; Part II. The Archbishop's Proposal for 'Transformative Accommodation': Section 1. Shari'a and Secular Democracy: Is Islamic Law Compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights?: 3. The Refah case at the European Court of Human Rights Nicolas Bratza; 4. The compatibility of an Islamic/shari'a law system or shari'a rules with the European Convention on Human Rights Dominic McGoldrick; 5. An analysis of the relationship between shari'a and secular democracy and the compatibility of Islamic law with the European Convention on Human Rights Mashood A. Baderin; 6. Dignity and religion Christopher McCrudden; Section 2. Legal Pluralism: Should English Law Give Greater Recognition to Islamic Law?: 7. Family law: current conflicts and their resolution Elizabeth Butler-Sloss and Mark Hill; 8. Arbitration law and family law: developments towards legal pluralism? Ian Edge; 9. Judging Muslims Prakash Shah; 10. From Muslim migrants to Muslim citizens Shaheen Sardar-Ali; 11. Ontario's 'shari'a court': law and politics intertwined Marion Boyd; Section 3. Accommodation or Conflict: Trajectories in the United Kingdom: 12. Religious rights and the public interest Robin Griffith-Jones; Part III. Responsibilities and Rights: Section 4. Freedom of Speech, Incitement to Religious Hatred: Beyond the Divide?: 13. Where to draw the line, and how to draw it Sydney Kentridge, including a note: the Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoons Robin Griffith-Jones; 14. Censor or censure: maintaining civility Tariq Modood; 15. In praise of 'fuzzy law' Albie Sachs; Section 5. Defining Jihad: Personal Commitment, Politics and the State: 16. Towards an Islamic society, not an Islamic state Abdullahi An-Na'im; 17. Following shari'a in the West Tariq Ramadan; 18. Violence, personal commitment and democracy Khaled Abou El Fadl; Part IV. Prospect: Equality before God and before the Law: 19. Equal before God David F. Ford; 20. Equal before the law Nicholas Phillips.