Shari'a As Discourse exposes some of the various issues raised in relation to Muslim communities in Europe, by putting the intellectual and legal traditions into dialogue. It brings together a number of scholars to provide a valuable reference for all those interested in exploring how Muslims and non-Muslims view Shari'a law.

Chapter 1 Shari'a Between Renewal and Tradition, S. Nielsen Jørgen; Part 1 An Encounter of Legal Theories; Chapter 2 Clarity or Confusion - Classical Fiqh and the Issue of Logic, Mona Siddiqui; Chapter 3 Demarcating Fault-lines within Islam: Muslim Modernists and Hardline Islamists Engage the Shari'a, Asma Afsaruddin; Chapter 4 Islamic Jurisprudence and Western Legal History, Mark van Hoecke; Chapter 5 Is Shari'a Law, Religion or a Combination? European Legal Discourses on Shari'a, Lisbet Christoffersen; Chapter 6 Women, Secular and Religious Laws and Traditions: Gendered Secularization, Gendering Shari'a, Hanne Petersen; Chapter 7 Shari'a and Nordic Legal Contexts, Kjell-Åke Modéer; Part 2 Local Experiences; Chapter 8 Shari'a from Behind the Bench: Court Culture, Judicial Culture and a Judge-made Discourse on Shari'a at a Swedish District Court 1 I would like to thank and express my respect for those individuals at the court who have supported me and who helped and took part in this study., Matilda Arvidsson; Chapter 9 Between God and the Sultana? Legal Pluralism in the British Muslim Diaspora, Prakash Shah; Chapter 10 Shari'a and Secularism in France, Manni Crone; Chapter 11 Divine Law and Human Understanding - The Idea of Shari'a in Saudi Arabia, Dorthe Bramsen; Chapter 12 Speaking in His Name? Gender, Language and Religion in the Arab Media, Dima Dabbous-Sensenig; Chapter 13 Shari'a and the Constitutional Debate in Egypt, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen; Part 3 Shari'a and Discourse; Chapter 14 Traditions of Interpretation within (Protestant) Christian Theology as Compared with Islam, Mogens Müller; Chapter 15 Rebellious Women - Discourses and Texts: Shari'a, Civil Rights and Penal Law, Peter Madsen;