RT Article
T1 Lived experiences of Norway's Regulation of (the Muslim dower) mahr
JF Nordic journal of religion and society
VO 31
IS 1
SP 58
OP 74
A1 Bøe, Marianne 1977-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1576115089
AB This article examines Norway's regulation of marriage rituals in light of how members of the Iranian diaspora in Norway practise mahr (the Muslim dower). Norway and Iran present conflicting regulations on mahr. In Norway's regulation of marriage rituals, mahr is not approved as it contravenes “Norwegian law and general gender equality principles” (Bufdir 2015). In Iran, however, mahr constitutes a mandatory aspect in the country's marriage registration procedure. Hence, individuals involved in transnational Iranian-Norwegian marriages are caught in a dilemma. Building on interviews with members of the Iranian diaspora in Norway and their lived experiences of mahr on the one hand, and documents relevant for Norway's marriage ritual regulation on the other, I explore the complexities and challenges involved in transnational Norwegian-Iranian marriages. A key finding is that the interviewees' continued practices of mahr subvert and challenge the mahr interpretation at work in Norway's regulation of marriage rituals.
K1 Gender Equality
K1 Interlegality
K1 Iran
K1 Mahr (the Muslim dower)
K1 Norway
K1 Regulation of Muslim marriage
DO 10.18261/issn.1890-7008-2018-01-04