A Fatwa and Its Dialectics: Contextualizing the Permissibility of Mortgages in Stockholm

In 1999, the European Council for Fatwa and Research issued a fatwa that legitimized mortgages for Muslims in Europe who are not homeowners. While this groundbreaking text gained some academic attention, little has been written about its reception and impact. Through a field study in three Islamic c...

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Main Author: Shaviṭ, Uriyah 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 335-358
Further subjects:B mortgages
B Islam in Sweden
B European Council for Fatwa and Research
B Shari‘a
B fiqh al-aqalliyyat al-Muslima
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