Full Description
This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers Denmark and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original Danish 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.
Contents
Foreword by the Editors
General Introduction
A General Framework of the Danish Model of Regulating Religion
The Specific Case of Islamic Communities in Their Danish Context
The 2016 'Agreement Paper' and the Recent Legislative Agenda
1 Status of Religious Communities
1.1 Constitutional Framework and Guarantees
1.2 Legal Recognition of Churches and Religious Communities
1.3 Registered Religious Communities
1.4 Religious Communities as Associations
2 Relations between the State and Islam
2.1 Introduction
2.2 General Provisions Relevant to Religion
3 State Support for Islamic Religious Communities
4 Islamic Community
5 Muslims in Integration Law
5.1 Legal Residence for Religious Personnel
5.2 Public Sanction List against Religious 'Hate Preachers'
5.3 Ceremonies Celebrating New Citizens
6 Mosques and Prayer Houses
6.1 Proposals to Ban Minarets and Mosques
6.2 Proposal to Ban Prayer Rooms
7 Burial and Cemeteries
7.1 Cemeteries
7.2 Other Religious Funerals and Burials
8 Education and Schools
8.1 Religion in Compulsory Education
8.2 Religious Education
8.3 Private Schools
9 Further and Higher (Tertiary) Education
9.1 Imam Training in Public Tertiary Education
10 Islamic Chaplaincy in Public Institutions
10.1 Schools
10.2 Hospitals
10.3 Prisons
10.4 Confidentiality
11 Employment and Social Law
11.1 Non-discrimination
11.2 The Ghetto Plan
11.3 Social Inclusion Efforts by the Police Authorities
12 Islamic Slaughter and Food Regulation
13 Islamic Dress
13.1 Scarves and Religious Headwear
13.2 Judges in Courts
13.3 The Ban on Face Covering
14 Criminal Law
14.1 Criminalising Explicit Approval
14.2 Illegal Coercion
14.3 Hate Crimes
15 Family Law
15.1 Marriage and Divorce
15.2 Children
15.3 Mediation
16 Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
