Annotated legal documents on Islam in Europe
Subtitle: Sweden
By: compiled and annotated by Mosa Sayed, Göran Larsson
Series: Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe -- volume 15; Annotated legal documents on Islam in Europe -- v. 15
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9789004347427
Subjects: Muslims; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Sweden
Description: This volume of 'Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe' covers Sweden and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original Swedish 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 summarising 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 organise and manifest their religious life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-125) and index.
Table of contents: title: Status of religious communities; title: Constitutional guarantees: a historical overview; title: Legal registration of religious communities; title: State support for Islamic religious communities; title: Muslims in integration laws; title: Mosques and prayer houses; title: Burial and cemeteries; title: Education and schools; title: Compulsory education; title: Religious education; title: Independent schools; title: Further and higher (tertiary) education; title: Islamic religious education training at universities; title: Islamic chaplaincies in public institutions; title: Employment, social laws and discrimination; title: Religious holidays; title: Islamic slaughter and food regulations; title: Islamic goods and services; title: Islamic dress; title: Criminal law; title: Male circumcision; title: Female genital mutilation; title: Forced marriages; title: Family law; title: Private international law; title: Marriage and divorces; title: Spouses' matrimonial property rights; title: Inheritance law; title: Substantive family law; title: Marriage; title: Divorce; title: Spouses' matrimonial property rights; title: Inheritance law; title: Children; title: General considerations; title: Islamic custody and fostering in Swedish law; title: Bibliography.