::Roundtable:: The Book and AI: How Artificial Intelligence is and is not Changing Islamic Law

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By Intisar Rabb & Mairaj Syed The invention of the wheel, the printing press, and the internet itself swept over the world in torrents that shaped human interaction with each … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: The Book and AI: How Artificial Intelligence is and is not Changing Islamic Law

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In a special report, Friday Times journalist Amna Usman described how “surrogacy in Pakistan is deeply stigmatised despite medical benefits, raising ethical, religious and legal debates over lineage, dignity and regulated compassion.” In Iran, “the Islamic Republic is strategically leveraging pre-Islamic Iranian nationalism and symbols like the Shapur I statue to consolidate power amid a secular… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In An Islamic Legal Philosophy: Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām and the Ethical Turn in Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press), former PIL Fellow and Research Editor Mariam Sheibani (Brandeis University) “argues that the rich legal history of the post-formative period and the Islamic legal philosophy that developed in it have been comparatively neglected. This innovative study traces the ethical… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta, founded in 1895…celebrates its 130th anniversary” this week.  The organization is also “preparing for the Second International Symposium of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities” later this month, which “will launch key initiatives—including a Fatwa and Human Dignity Charter, Fatwa Standards for Sustainable Development, and a Fatwa for Humanity Platform—aimed at transforming… CONTINUE READING

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: Arabica 74, no. 4–5 is a special issue coordinated by recent Islamic Law Blog guest editors Eirik Hovden (University of Bergen) and Mahmood Kooria (University of Edinburgh) on “The Muḫtaṣar and Its Role in the Islamic Legal Schools.” The issue includes the below articles. In “Al-Muḥaqqiq al-Ḥillī (d. 676/1277) and His al-Muḫtaṣar al-Nāfīʿ” (Arabica), Robert Gleave… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Syrian Justice Minister Dr. Mazhar al-Wais said in an interview with The Media Line that coordination between the Syrian state and the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) can be lawful under Islamic Shariah if it follows Shariah policy principles and serves the public interest.” “A parliamentary committee and the government agreed…to ask… CONTINUE READING

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “The Relative Lenience or Strictness of the Sunni Schools of Law” (Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta), Christopher Melchert (University of Oxford) examines “al-Mīzān,” a “survey of agreements and disagreements among the Sunni schools of law” by ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Aḥmad al‑Shaʿrānī (d. Cairo, 973/1565) that “locates the rules of the different schools on a spectrum from lenient… CONTINUE READING