The State and the Operation of Sharia Councils in the United Kingdom: A Critical Response to Machteld Zee

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Lester, Shona

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2015

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17

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Machteld Zee’s article in the previous volume outlines the debate concerning the interaction between the state and the operation of Sharia councils in the United Kingdom. She does not purport to provide a solution, but to add some elusive clarity in an area already full of ambiguities. This author holds the view that, in its goal to present a full account of the debate, Zee’s article is imbalanced in parts and not fully explored in others. I propose that, rather than suggested Government intervention in the form of top-down legislation, change ought to come from within the community.

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Lester, Shona. (2015), The State and the Operation of Sharia Councils in the United Kingdom: A Critical Response to Machteld Zee. Journal of Religion & Society, 17.

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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University

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https://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/toc/2015.html

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