@article{PossamaiTurnerRooseetal.2016,
  author    = {Possamai, Adam and Turner, Bryan S. and Roose, Joshua M. and Dagistanli, Selda and Voyce, Malcolm},
  title     = {"Shari'a" in Cyberspace. A Case Study from Australia},
  series = {Sociologica : Italian Journal of Sociology online},
  volume    = {63},
  journal   = {Sociologica : Italian Journal of Sociology online},
  publisher = {Societ{\~A}  editrice il Mulino},
  address   = {Bologna},
  issn      = {1971-8853},
  doi       = {10.2383/83882},
  pages     = {143 -- 159},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {New forms of communication and greater accessibility of Islamic texts on-line allow Muslims to shape their own religiosity, to become less dependent on established sources of authority, and thereby to become more aware of their own cultural diversity as a community. New practices of transnational Islam, and the growth of new concepts of Muslim identities currently emerging in the on-line community, are relatively free from immediate constraints. This article provides the result of a sociological analysis of three Internet sites in Sydney which deliver on-line fatwas. Even if cyberspace has allowed the Muslim world to be de-territorialised and provides a way for people to distance themselves from traditional communities if they wish, this research points out a variety of approaches, including one case which is aiming at re-localising an Australian Muslim system of values. This case highlights ways in which first generation Muslims are re-territorialising Shari'a in a specific western country.},
  language  = {en}
}