Islam Europe and emerging legal issues

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-323) and index.

Pt. I. Islam, human rights, and secularism in Europe : an overview -- Islam in Strasbourg : can politics substitute for law? / Javier Martínez-Torrón -- The European court of human rights : between fundamentalist and liberal secularism / Ingvill Plesner -- Wearing the Hijab : some reflections from a Muslim woman's perspective / Amal Idrissi -- International human rights law and the Islamic headscarf : a short note on the positions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Committee / Martin Scheinin -- Pt. II. European approaches to the islamic headscarf controversy -- The Hijab in Strasbourg : clear conclusions, unclear reasoning / Njål Høstmælingen -- Religious symbols in public schools : the Islamic headscarf and the European Court of Human Rights decision in Şahin v. Turkey / T. Jeremy Gunn -- The Strasbourg court dealing with Turkey and the human right to freedom of religion or belief : an assessment in light of Leyla Şahin v. Turkey / Tore Lindholm -- The religious headscarf (Hijab) and access to employment under Norwegian antidiscrimination laws / Ronald Craig -- The headscarf issue : a German perspective / Richard Puza -- Pt. III. The European court and the limits of pluralism : the welfare party case -- The dubious foundations of the Refah decision / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Refah revisited : Strasbourg's construction of Islam / Christian Moe -- The principle of legal pluralism and militant democracy / Javid Gadirov -- The European Court's freedom of association cases and the implications for islam / Lance Lehnhof.