How the fascinated think about women's jurisprudence in Western Europe by Lina Larsen, translated by Ahmed Al-Adawi

This book addresses fatwas related to women's issues in Western Europe, issued in recent decades, whether by individual muftis or collective fatwa bodies, most notably the "European Council for Fatwa and Research" in Ireland. Based on questions received from Muslim women there, it reveals the state of confusion and fragmentation that dominates them between two different perspectives on the role and status of women in society: the first sees women as followers of men, obliged to obey them, even though both are equal in value but not in rights; the other emphasizes women's rights and their equality with men in all aspects of life, influenced by European culture. The author discusses muftis who consider the elements of time and place and their change, and the change of fatwa accordingly; therefore, they aim to develop an European Islamic jurisprudence that combines Islamic values with the particularity of European society, distancing itself from tension and rigidity in addressing controversial issues, based on the jurisprudence of minorities that guides many muftis in the European context. The author also makes a methodological comparison between the objectives of Sharia and the "public morals" prevailing in those modern European societies. Lina Larsen: Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Oslo. She converted to Islam years ago and studied the phenomenon of Norwegians entering Islam. She also collaborated with fatwa centers in Western Europe to understand the nature and role of fatwa there. She has participated in editing several books that present new visions in Islamic thought and issues of Muslim families.