By Ari Schriber Introduction: Centering Evidence, Proof, and Procedure in Islamic Law What counts as proof in an Islamic court? How does technological advancement impact notions of evidence? How does … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Knowledge in the Islamic Court
By Irene Schneider I. The Case: The Murder of Mayer Lubovitch in 1924 Mandate Palestine At noon on 29 June 1924, Mohammed Saleh El-Ahmed[1] and Mahmud Mohammed Hamad were sitting … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Murder in Mandate Palestine: The Case of Young Offenders
By Dominik Krell 1. Introduction It might be difficult for us to imagine how criminal offenses could be prosecuted without the technical possibilities we take for granted today. DNA and … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Modern Forensic Technology and the Evolution of Islamic Criminal Law in Saudi Arabia
By Léon Buskens[1] Changes in the physical appearance of legal documents from twentieth-century Morocco offer important clues to reconstruct a “biography” of their social life.[2] Their appearance in the souvenir … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Material Proof: Some Notes on Legal Documents in Morocco as Physical Objects
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
