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Fatwas: Their Role In Contemporary Secular Australia, Nadirsyah Hosen, Ann Black
Fatwas: Their Role In Contemporary Secular Australia, Nadirsyah Hosen, Ann Black
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
In Australia, there has been confusion and misunderstanding surrounding the term 'fatwa'. This goes both to its meaning and also to the role fatwas fulfil for Muslims, whether in Australia or in other parts of the world. This paper seeks to address both of these issues, first by demystifying fatwa through exploration of the distinctive place the have in Islamic jurisprudence, and second by identifying the methodology used by jurists in ifta (the giving of fatwas), which has enabled Islamic law to be responsive to new developments and contemporary challenges. Given the recent expansion of technological, economic and medical advances …
Reflections On Transgender Immigration, Nan Seuffert
Reflections On Transgender Immigration, Nan Seuffert
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
Recently, the Human Rights Commission of New Zealand has conducted an inquiry that has officially documented 'the obstacles to dignity, equality and security for trans people'. The Australian Human Rights Commission has also recently conducted a sex and gender diversity project, and in 2006 the Equalities Review in the United Kingdom commissioned the largest research project ever untaken globally on trans people's lives, reported in Engendered Penalties: Transgender and Transsexual People's Experiences of Inequality and Discrimination. This article reflects on the implications of the issues raised by these recent reports and research for transgendered people immigrating to and from New …