Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: Slovenia

Nedžad Grabus is Professor of theology at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo. At the University of Ljubljana, he is visiting professor and editorial board member of “Unity and Dialogue”. He holds the position of Mufti of the Islamic Community in Slovenia.

Foreword by the Editors



1 General Introduction



2 Status of Religious Communities

 2.1 General Constitutional and Legal Guarantees

 2.2 The Religious Freedom Act

 2.3 Summary of Contents of the RFA and of Article 20 of the LSRCRSA

 2.4 Decision of the Constitutional Court of the RS, U-I-92/07–23 (2010)

 2.5 The original text of the RFA and of Article 20 of the LSRCRSA

 2.6 Registered Religious Communities

 2.7 National Council of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the Dialogue on Religious Freedom



3 Relations Between the State and Islam

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 The Legal Basis for the Islamic Community



4 State Support for Islamic Religious Communities

 4.1 The Islamic Community in the Republic of Slovenia (IC)



5 Mosques and Prayer Houses (Masjids)



6 Cemeteries and Religious Burials

 6.1 The Military Cemetery in Log pod Mangartom



7 Education and Schools



8 Muslim Chaplains in Public Institutions



9 Employment and Social Rights



10 Islamic Ritual Slaughter and Food-Related Regulations



11 Islamic Dress



12 Criminal Law



Bibliography

Index