Conflicts between religious law and state law in relation to muslims living in muslim countries and European countries

Abstract

This article primarily looks into the conflicts between the islamic religious laws and the state legal systems in force in islamic countries. Three main currents are identified: integralism, which aims at subordinating the whole legal system to the islamic religion; positivism, which is content with the status quo; and secularism, which opposes any religious intervention in the legal system. The author goes on to describe the conflicts generated in law by the practice of the islamic religion. In addition to other examples, phenomena such as Ramadan fasting and the burial of the dead, the disrespect for women and the problems created by mixed marriages are looked into. In concluding, the author warns of the danger of reinstating revelation as a source of social norms.