IN SUMMARY :: SHARIAsource on Power and Participation in the Networked Public Sphere (At the 2016 Relaunch of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University)

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 4:30 PM Panelists Yochai Benkler, Berkman Klein Co-Director and HLS Professor Intisar Rabb, Director, SHARIAsource (a Berkman Klein project) and HLS Professor Zeynep Tufekci, Berkman Klein … Continue reading IN SUMMARY :: SHARIAsource on Power and Participation in the Networked Public Sphere (At the 2016 Relaunch of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University)

CASES TO WATCH: Can a Judge Determine Acceptable Religious Attire in a Canadian Courtroom?

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Guest contributor Jennifer Selby uses the recent case of Rania El-Alloul in Quebec, Canada to situate an ongoing debate at the intersection of secularism and religious freedom. Citing her courtroom as a "secular … Continue reading CASES TO WATCH: Can a Judge Determine Acceptable Religious Attire in a Canadian Courtroom?

IN SUMMARY: White House Lawyer Raheemah Abdulaleem (HLS ’01) talks Big Law and Public Service (In Conversation with Intisar Rabb)

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SHARIAsource hosted the first of its lunch discussions, entitled “From Big Law to Public Service in the White House.” Over lunch, Raheemah Abdulaleem, Associate General Counsel in the Executive Office of … Continue reading IN SUMMARY: White House Lawyer Raheemah Abdulaleem (HLS ’01) talks Big Law and Public Service (In Conversation with Intisar Rabb)

IN SUMMARY: SHARIAsource Explores Challenges and Opportunities for promoting Scholarship Online with Other Digital Platforms for the Study of Islam (BU Workshop, hosted by Professor Michael Pegrill)

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SHARIAsource participated at the workshop Activism, Advocacy, and Scholarship on Islam in the Digital Realm at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies on September 16th. Hosted by Michael Pregill, the workshop … Continue reading IN SUMMARY: SHARIAsource Explores Challenges and Opportunities for promoting Scholarship Online with Other Digital Platforms for the Study of Islam (BU Workshop, hosted by Professor Michael Pegrill)

Does ISIS Really Follow the Salafī Version of Islamic Law and Theology?

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Guest contributor Jacob Olidort critically examines ISIS's claim of adherence to the doctrine of Salafism, a popular orientation among conservative Muslim clerics who attempt to model their actions on a … Continue reading Does ISIS Really Follow the Salafī Version of Islamic Law and Theology?

The Construction and Failure of Islamic Laws of Evidence in ISIS’s State-Building Project

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Guest contributor Mara Revkin outlines the legal infrastructure of ISIS. She argues that the movement's barbarism and apparently wanton acts of terrorism belies a self-contained legal system based on Islamic … Continue reading The Construction and Failure of Islamic Laws of Evidence in ISIS’s State-Building Project

A Court by Any Other Name: State ‘Courts’ and Sharīʿa Councils

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South Asia editor Jeff Redding compares the British sharīʿa courts debate to similar debates going on in India. He examines the semantic approach of the current debate, and questions whether this approach fully encompasses the … Continue reading A Court by Any Other Name: State ‘Courts’ and Sharīʿa Councils

A Brief History of the French Burkini Ban

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UK/Europe/Southeast Asia editor Rachel Mazzarella chronicles the history of the French burkini ban and its potential efficacy. She weighs the policy options of the European Court of Human Rights and how … Continue reading A Brief History of the French Burkini Ban

The Anatomy of SHARIAsource: An Interview with Research Editor Sharon Tai

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Sharon Tai spoke with journalist Noor Ali for the September/October 2016 issue of Islamic Horizons. Tai summarized the mission of SHARIAsource, which is to make content and context on Islamic law … Continue reading The Anatomy of SHARIAsource: An Interview with Research Editor Sharon Tai