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SUMMARY:Fostering Ethics: Islam\, Adoption and the Care of Children - See 
 programme
DTSTART:20200625T130000Z
DTEND:20200625T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Muslim beliefs and practices with regard to the adoption of ch
 ildren and foster care is currently a subject of increasing attention. Bes
 ides various circumstances that can leave many Muslim children in the care
  of social services\, the urgent needs of unaccompanied minors coming to t
 he UK and Europe from war-torn countries have highlighted particular chall
 enges. Meanwhile\, legal issues related to the definition of adoption and 
 its Islamic alternative (kafala) remain a longstanding problem\, often res
 ulting in families divided across borders. Responding to such concerns\, M
 uslim community leaders and organizations are taking an interest in formul
 ating revised Islamic guidelines on adoption and foster care.\n\n \n\nThes
 e efforts coincide with a recent growth of scholarship in Middle Eastern a
 nd Islamic Studies on childhood and the family. Research in Islamic family
  law has investigated the complexities of child custody and precursors to 
 the notion of ‘best interests of the child’. Historians have documente
 d various forms of fictive kinship in Muslim societies of the past\, and t
 he modern development of institutionalized care of orphans. Sociologists a
 nd anthropologists have likewise challenged simplistic assumptions about r
 eligious norms: while the shari`a is understood to prohibit adoption\, it 
 often coexists with an array of culturally legitimized practices (such as 
 the custom of secret adoptions in Morocco). Critical insights from related
  research in other fields also invite comparison\, including British socia
 l history before adoption came to be legalized less than 100 years ago in 
 1926\, as well as the factors behind the more recent emergence of so-calle
 d ‘open adoption’.\n\n \n\nThis conference seeks to explore how such d
 iverse perspectives can inform a new ethics of adoption and the care of or
 phaned or abandoned children in Muslim communities. It will bring together
  scholars\, professionals and others concerned\, with an eye towards bridg
 ing the gap between academic knowledge\, social work\, and public educatio
 n.
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