Interviews on Euro-Islam and legal anthropology: When law crosses borders

Two interviews that I've conducted for the research program "Cultural Complexity in the new Norway" have been translated into English:

Law and multiculturalism: When law crosses borders

How does multicultural society challenge the Norwegian legal system and our interpretation of the law? What happens when different conceptions of the law meet? Should all people be treated alike - regardless of background? Or should groups be given special treatment based on religion and/or ethnicity? Anne Hellum is one of the few jurists in Norway who combine law and anthropology.

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Islam in Europe: Mainstream society as the provider of conditions

- There are many different views on the relationship Islam has to human rights. But no one has investigated processes based on the believer’s needs, considers the historian of religion Lena Larsen. She will be investigating fatwas’ - Muslim legal decrees - interpretations of Sharia legal principles. The answers and bases for fatwas are a unique and as yet unused source of data for finding out what values are imparted by Islamic authorities.

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