TY  - JOUR
A1  - Possamai, Adam
A1  - Turner, Bryan S.
A1  - Roose, Joshua M.
A1  - Dagistanli, Selda
A1  - Voyce, Malcolm
T1  - "Shari'a" in Cyberspace. A Case Study from Australia
JF  - Sociologica : Italian Journal of Sociology online
N2  - 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.
KW  - Shari'a
KW  - Fatwas
KW  - Cyberspace
KW  - De-territorialisation Process
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.2383/83882
SN  - 1971-8853
VL  - 63
SP  - 143
EP  - 159
PB  - Società editrice il Mulino
CY  - Bologna
ER  -