Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Saudi youth couldn’t date openly a decade ago. Now Tinder Is booming.” A “transformation has been taking hold in [Southeast Asia]’s two big Muslim-majority countries, Malaysia and Indonesia. Islam is asserting itself not through violence but peacefully through politics, laws, consumer culture and social pressure.” “Islamic legal traditions and the modern framework of international humanitarian… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In Slavery and the Shaping of the Muslim Family (De Gruyter), Cristina de la Puente (Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo), Karen Moukheiber (University of Balamond) and Serena Tolino (University of Bern) delve “into the wide-ranging and complex subject of slavery within the familial sphere of Islamic societies. For too long, secondary literature has… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Kashf Ṭibbī: Forensic Expertise as Probative Knowledge in Ḥajr Decisions of 20th-Century Egypt

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By Aya Bejermi In most Muslim-majority countries, Islamic normativity underwent a process of “positivization” that reshaped both the content of norms and the modes of their production.[1] In Egypt, two … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Kashf Ṭibbī: Forensic Expertise as Probative Knowledge in Ḥajr Decisions of 20th-Century Egypt

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In Bangladesh, “Jamaat-e-Islami, banned until August 2024, not only pulled off its highest seat tally and vote share yet, but also surpassed Jamaat offshoots in the Indian Subcontinent.” In the same election, “only six of the 30 candidates put up by the National Citizen Party, which was formed by student leaders last year, won seats….Students… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In an episode of Unlocking Academia, “host Raja Aderdor speaks with Dr. Mutaz Al-Khatib, Associate Professor at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics and Director of the Master’s program in Applied Islamic Ethics at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Together, they explore Key Classical Works on Islamic Ethics (Brill, 2024), a groundbreaking edited volume that… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Evidence for the Laity but not the Courts: Dreams and Blasphemy in Contemporary Pakistan

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By Mashal Saif In late 2010, many Pakistani ʿulamā’ publicly declared that Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s largest province, had insulted the Prophet Muḥammad and Islam.[1] In January 2011, … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Evidence for the Laity but not the Courts: Dreams and Blasphemy in Contemporary Pakistan

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS A podcast on “Debating Sharia on Capitol Hill” featured interviews with Texas-based activist Krista Schild, Congresswoman Mary Scanlon (D-PA), Professor AS Ibrahim (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), and others about recent attempts to “ban Sharia” in the United States. Last week, the US “House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on concerns about applications of Islamic law…with Republicans… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “The Roots And Persistence Of Terengganu’s Hardline Approach To Islamic Law” (Eurasia Review), Mohd Faizal Musa (ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute) observes that “the Muslim populace of [Terengganu, Malaysia] remains unwavering in their demand for the full implementation of Islamic law…[so] that any incoming government must acknowledge and conform to the socio-political, Malay-Islamic cultural, and… CONTINUE READING