Islamic Adaptations to Western Europe and North America
The Importance of Contrastive Analyses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7571191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John R Bowen (Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1601-1615 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764211409920 |
| OpenAlex | W2091897125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
The article examines the ways Islamic leaders have adapted to conditions in Britain, France, and the United States by taking one problem—how a Muslim woman can obtain a religious divorce—and identifying contrasts across those three countries. It emphasizes two contrasts among the three countries: the degree of residential concentration of Muslims and the social effects such concentration may have, and the legal legitimacy of religion in civil courts. Muslim leaders have crafted institutions accordingly: in Britain, shariah councils emerging from tight-knit communities and regarded by jurists as relatively benign; in France, Islamic leaders constrained to emphasize the Islamic legitimacy of civil institutions; and in the United States, leaders developing contractual instruments in response to relatively favorable judicial reactions
Civil society · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Islam · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sharia · Sociology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender
(Mis)Reading Muslims and Multiculturalism
English responses to Shariah tribunals
Contextualizing Muslim Religious-Only Marriages
Shia Marriage Practices
A New Anthropology of Islam
Self-formation in precarious conditions
The racialization of Muslims in France and the United States
Immigration, Incorporation, and Diversity in Western Europe and the United States
Limits of citizenship
Negotiating Identities
Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany
Why the French Don't Like Headscarves
The Truly Disadvantaged
Sharīʿa
Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law
The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims
Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany
Can Islam Be French
Flirting with God in Western Secular Courts
Colonial Migrants and Racism
Global Migrants, Local Lives
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |