China editor Matthew S. Erie writes about how the Chinese government's attempts to legally respond to its Muslim Hui population's calls for greater regulation of halal food counters the original secular intentions of a … Continue reading Legal Entrepreneurs in the Halal Industry: The Case of Sharīʿa in China
Is Sharīʿa: Medieval or Modern? (NPR Interview with Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl)
In a recent interview aired on NPR, senior scholar Khaled Abou El Fadl disentangles historically-grounded definitions of sharīʿa from public misunderstandings of it. The problems fueling those popular misunderstanding are … Continue reading Is Sharīʿa: Medieval or Modern? (NPR Interview with Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl)
CASE COMMENT: Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court on the Protection of Women Act of 2006: Expansion of Jurisdiction, Expansion of ḥudūd
The Federal Sharia Court (FSC) of Pakistan has used Islamic criminal law (hudud) cases to expand its jurisdiction, in a move that has wide ranging effects for the adjudication of … Continue reading CASE COMMENT: Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court on the Protection of Women Act of 2006: Expansion of Jurisdiction, Expansion of ḥudūd
CASE WATCH: The ECJ Reviews Opposite Decisions of Employment Discrimination over Wearing Headscarves: What’s at Stake?
Editor-in-Chief Intisar Rabb comments on guest writer Erica Howard's discussion of the ECJ's forthcoming decision. Guest writer Erica Howard discusses the decision facing the European Court of Justice on two cases concerning headscarves worn … Continue reading CASE WATCH: The ECJ Reviews Opposite Decisions of Employment Discrimination over Wearing Headscarves: What’s at Stake?
OPINION :: The Question of Sharīʿa in Denmark
Denmark contributor Niels V. Vinding comments on recent discussions of sharīʿa in Denmark that have arisen on the basis of uninformed media reporting, which has had the consequence of sparking … Continue reading OPINION :: The Question of Sharīʿa in Denmark
Case Comment :: The Shah Bano Case as Constitutional Conflict in India’s Muslim Family Law
India editor Akhila Kolisetty highlights the Shah Bano case as a marker of constitutional conflict between the Indian government's civil laws and its Muslim citizens' personal status laws. Mohammed Ahmed Khan v. Shah … Continue reading Case Comment :: The Shah Bano Case as Constitutional Conflict in India’s Muslim Family Law
LEGISLATION COMMENT: When State Legislative Bans on Islamic Law Contravene Federal Constitutional Law
Guest poster Saeed A. Khan writes about how "anti-Sharia" bills are often used as tools to push through other legislation. This piece was first published in the Detroit Free Press on July 20th … Continue reading LEGISLATION COMMENT: When State Legislative Bans on Islamic Law Contravene Federal Constitutional Law
No, Newt: Anti-Sharīʿa Rhetoric Doesn’t Change the Law
US Editor Abed Awad summarizes the inaccuracy of Newt Gingrich's proposal. Newt Gingrich told Fox News in an interview last Thursday that “Western civilization is in a war. We should frankly test … Continue reading No, Newt: Anti-Sharīʿa Rhetoric Doesn’t Change the Law
OPINION :: On Orlando, Sexuality and Sharīʿa
When news of Orlando first broke, my first instinct was that a gay man had perpetrated the atrocities that the world witnessed there. The first fragments of information that came … Continue reading OPINION :: On Orlando, Sexuality and Sharīʿa
OPINION: How Should Muslims Respond to Violence?
Roozbeh Jabbarizadeh, Iran editor, organizes his thoughts about the pressure on Muslims to respond after violent acts. Through the course of terrorist incidents and violent war episodes in which the offenders … Continue reading OPINION: How Should Muslims Respond to Violence?