The concept of'radicalization'is now used to account for all forms of violent and non-violent
political Islam. Used widely within the security services and picked up by academia, the term …

The phenomenon of “secret”(siri) Muslim marriages—marriages that are conducted without
state recognition—has become a hotly debated topic in Indonesia, particularly since the …

Today, secret marriages are a known problem among Muslims, but discussions and debates
are avoided. People who are unwilling to take on the responsibilities of marriage yet do not …

The increasing number of women migrating to Syria from Europe has not only drawn the
attention of the media and the security forces but also of researchers. Publications often …

Relying upon extensive ethnographic field-collected data as well as 51 privately performed
documents of khul '(divorce initiated by a woman), this article addresses two questions …

In the Netherlands, in the course of the previous decades, new legislation has been tabled
and older laws have been revived in order to restrict particular kinds of transnational and/or …

This book examines the needs, aspirations, strategies, and challenges of transnational
Muslim migrants in Europe with regard to family practices such as marriage, divorce, and …

This special issue focuses on Muslim religious-only marriages, which are marriages not
recognized by state authorities but which at least one of the parties involved considers …

In this article, the author examines the ways in which a number of Dutch Muslim women try
to obtain an Islamic divorce. The road to a divorce, often long and winding, does not always …

The article focuses on a particular type of Islamic marriage, so-called imam marriages, which
are not recognised by the Jordanian state but widely practised among and with Syrian …