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Book SynopsisThis volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers the Czech Republic and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original Czech language while the annotations and supporting material are in English. By legal documents are meant the texts of legislation, including relevant secondary legislation, as well as significant court decisions. Each legal text is preceded by an introduction describing the historical, political and legal circumstances of its adoption, plus a short paragraph summarising its content. The focus of the collection is on the religious dimensions of being Muslim in Europe, i.e. on individuals' access to practise their religious obligations and on the ability to organise and manifest their religious life.
Table of ContentsForeword by the Editors General Introduction 1 Status of Religious Communities 1.1 Constitutional and Legal Guarantees 1.2 Legal Recognition of Churches and Religious Societies 1.3 Legal Persons Established by Registered Religious Communities 1.4 Religious Communities as Associations 2 Relations between the State and Islam 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Legal Basis for the Muslim Communities in the Czech Republic 2.3 Other Muslim Communities 2.4 General Provisions on Islamic Foundations (waqf) 3 State Support for Islamic Religious Communities 4 The Islamic Community of the Czech Republic 5 Muslims and the Law on Issues of Social Integration 5.1 Introduction 5.2 International Protection of Foreigners 5.3 The State Strategy for the Integration of Foreigners 5.4 Stay in the Czech Republic 5.5 Obtaining Czech Citizenship 6 Mosques and Prayer Houses 7 Burial and Cemeteries 8 Education and Schools 9 Further and Higher (Tertiary) Education 10 Islamic Chaplaincy in Public Institutions 11 Employment and Social Law 12 Islamic Slaughter and Food Regulation 12.1 Islamic Slaughter 12.2 Islamic Food Regulations 13 Islamic Goods and Services 14 Islamic Dress 15 Criminal Law 15.1 The Penal Code 15.2 The Act on the Criminal Liability of Legal Persons 16 Family Law 16.1 Private International Law 16.2 Marriage 16.3 Divorce 16.4 Czech Family Law and Islam 16.5 Children Bibliography Index
