Annotated legal documents on Islam in Europe
Subtitle: The Netherlands
By: compiled and annotated by Agnieszka Szumigalska
Series: Annotated legal documents on Islam in Europe -- volume 4
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; dut
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789004290174
Subjects: Muslims; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Netherlands.
Description: This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers the Netherlands and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original Dutch language while the annotations and supporting material are in English. By legal documents are meant the texts of legislation, including relevant secondary legislation, as well as significant court decisions. Each legal text is preceded by an introduction describing the historical, political and legal circumstances of its adoption, plus a short paragraph summarizing its content. The focus of the collection is on the religious dimensions of being Muslim in Europe, i.e. on individuals' access to practise their religious obligations and on the ability to organize and manifest their religious life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index.
Table of contents: title: General introduction; title: Status of religious communities; title: Relations between the state and Islam; title: State support for Islamic religious communities; title: Muslims in integration law; title: Mosques and prayer houses; title: Burial and cemeteries; title: Education and schools; title: Further and higher (tertiary) education; title: Islamic chaplaincy in public institutions; title: Employment and social law; title: Islamic slaughter; title: Islamic dress; title: Criminal law; title: Family law.