... Among her publications are 'Defective marriage in classical Hanafi law: issues of form and validity', in Hawting, Mojaddedi and Samely (eds), Texts and Traditions in Memory of Norman Calder (Oxford: Oxford University Press,... more
... Among her publications are 'Defective marriage in classical Hanafi law: issues of form and validity', in Hawting, Mojaddedi and Samely (eds), Texts and Traditions in Memory of Norman Calder (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp.271 -86), and 'The ethics of gender ...
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Zusammenfassung Die staatskirchlichen Systeme der nordischen Länder erfahren derzeit erhebliche Veränderungsprozesse. Jeweils wird eine Balance gesucht zwischen der Annäherung an europaweit verbreitete Standards, wie sie vor allem durch... more
Zusammenfassung Die staatskirchlichen Systeme der nordischen Länder erfahren derzeit erhebliche Veränderungsprozesse. Jeweils wird eine Balance gesucht zwischen der Annäherung an europaweit verbreitete Standards, wie sie vor allem durch Urteile des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte markiert werden, und dem Bemühen, für die gesamte Bevölkerung offene nationale Kirchen zu erhalten. Strittige Punkte sind meistens die staatliche Beteiligung an der kirchlichen Gesetzgebung, die Regelungen zur Kirchensteuer, die Stellung der Bischöfe sowie das Recht zur Einführung von Liturgien.
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Against the backdrop of a well-regulated and pragmatic Danish labour market, the question of reasonable accommodation is discussed on the basis of current legislation, recent legal cases and substantial interview material drawn from the... more
Against the backdrop of a well-regulated and pragmatic Danish labour market, the question of reasonable accommodation is discussed on the basis of current legislation, recent legal cases and substantial interview material drawn from the RELIGARE socio-legal research done in Denmark. Employees of religious faith have made religious claims and thereby challenged a secular understanding of the Danish labour market. This raises the question of the extent to which the religion of the individual can be accepted in the general public sphere. At the same time, religious ethos organisations have argued for the protection of their organizational identity and sought to employ and dismiss personnel according to the norms of the religious ethos, raising the question of how far ‘reasonable accommodation’ extends. Both the individual and the collective cluster cases ultimately raise questions concerning where to draw the line between accommodating religion and restricting freedom on the basis of professionalism, job functions or other reasons. On the basis of empirical findings, this article concludes that the pragmatic approach is supporting a renewed religious identity of faith-based organisations, but also warns against hijacking rights of individual employees.