Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS   “Women’s inheritance rights in Pakistan are protected by law and Islam, yet social pressure forces many to waive property, creating a pattern of silent disinheritance.” The Indonesian Constitutional Society asks whether the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah should “have the courage to take firmer policy measures—evaluating departures, imposing a temporary moratorium, and preparing clear… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “When the Internet Goes Dark: What Medieval Islamic Philosophy Reveals About Legal Personhood” (JURISTnews), AmirAli Maleki, “an international law and philosophy researcher based in Iran, argues that al-Fārābī’s medieval concept of the ‘stranger’—one who exists within a political order but is denied the capacity for ethical participation—illuminates how contemporary international law transforms human beings… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Murder in Mandate Palestine: The Case of Young Offenders

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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

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In the documentary film “What Comes From Sitting in Silence,” director Sophie Schrago “is a fly on the wall” during sessions in a “women’s Islamic-law court” in India, headed by a woman judge. “After days of deliberation, [Iran‘s] powerful Assembly of Experts has chosen Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the third Supreme Leader,” with… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Beyond the Secular Binary: Bargaining with God in Modern Constitutions” (International Society of Public Law Blog), Ali Shirvani (Northwest University) observes that “few questions have haunted modern constitutional theory as persistently as the relationship between divine authority and popular sovereignty. While this tension is a global phenomenon present in various religious traditions, it has… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Modern Forensic Technology and the Evolution of Islamic Criminal Law in Saudi Arabia

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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

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes carried out by the United States and Israel…a development that is set to shake the foundations of clerical rule in the Islamic Republic.” “The executive and the legislative arms of the Nigerian government have been urged to take concrete steps to end the ambiguity created by… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: “John Tolan’s Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present (Princeton University Press) offers a sweeping account of Islam’s evolution, highlighting influential figures, sectarian divisions, and global expansion. Though it lacks in-depth exploration of some claims and underplays Sufi contributions to the religion’s development, Haider Ali [Jamia Millia Islamia] finds it an engaging and… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Material Proof: Some Notes on Legal Documents in Morocco as Physical Objects

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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