Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction- Werner Menski & Kyriaki Topidi Part I: Religion AS Law Chapter 2: Islam as legal (dis)-empowerment: The dynamic interplay between Italian legal provisions and shariah-compliant norms - Federica Sona Chapter 3: South African Women's Legal Experiences of Muslim Personal Law - Waheeda Amien Chapter 4: Decoding Diversity: Experiences with Personal Law in the Lower Courts of Maharashtra - Kalindi Kokal Chapter 5: When courts do not finish contentious causes: Revisiting the value of religious laws in the Rainbow Nation - Dennis Bonginkosi Xulu Chapter 6: Shari'a Deconstructed: A New Definition of Islamic Constitutionalism and its enforcement through Positive Law -Pietro Longo Part II: Religion IN Law Chapter 7: Engaging Religious Laws, Players and Communities: Confronting Religious Dis-Empowerment - Amos Israel - Vleeschhouwer Chapter 8: Negotiating religious orthodoxy, state neutrality and religious freedom: The case of the Ahmadiyah controversy in post-Suharto Indonesia - Supriyanto Abdi Chapter 9: Must the infringement of women's rights within religions be tolerated? A Swiss perspective - Adrian Loretan Chapter 10: Polygyny in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Practice that empowers or disempowers women? - Lauren Fielder Chapter 11: Tolerance of Liberal Values in Romania: Anti-Abortion from Strategies between Religious Belief and Civil Society Mobilisation - Bodgan Mihai Radu and Cosmina Paul Chapter 12: Public Education and Religious Rights: A Comparative Analysis - Kyriaki Topidi Chapter 13: Conclusion: The Normative Dialogue between Religion and Law as a Cultural Endeavour: A Plea for Complexity and Context - Kyriaki Topidi mp;lt;/P> Part II: Religion IN Law Chapter 7: Engaging Religious Laws, Players and Communities: Confronting Religious Dis-Empowerment - Amos Israel - Vleeschhouwer Chapter 8: Negotiating religious orthodoxy, state neutrality and religious freedom: The case of the Ahmadiyah controversy in post-Suharto Indonesia - Supriyanto Abdi Chapter 9: Must the infringement of women's rights within religions be tolerated? A Swiss perspective - Adrian Loretan Chapter 10: Polygyny in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Practice that empowers or disempowers women? - Lauren Fielder Chapter 11: Tolerance of Liberal Values in Romania: Anti-Abortion from Strategies between Religious Belief and Civil Society Mobilisation - Bodgan Mihai Radu and Cosmina Paul Chapter 12: Public Education and Religious Rights: A Comparative Analysis - Kyriaki Topidi Chapter 13: Conclusion: The Normative Dialogue between Religion and Law as a Cultural Endeavour: A Plea for Complexity and Context - Kyriaki Topidi 13: Conclusion: The Normative Dialogue between Religion and Law as a Cultural Endeavour: A Plea for Complexity and Context - Kyriaki Topidi.