Plaintiff Tabari Strong, a Muslim prisoner in Beeville, Texas, filed a lawsuit alleging that the prison's grooming policy requiring all inmates to be clean-shaven violated his statutory rights under RLUIPA. … Continue reading Islamic Law in U.S. Courts: Strong v. Livingston (S.D. Tex. 2013): Religious Accommodations for Prisoners
Commentary: Religious Opinions within Civil Discourse
By Professor Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law) In a recent attempt to control religious discourse in Egypt, the chairperson of Egypt’s Supreme Media Regulatory Council (al-majlis al-aʿlā … Continue reading Commentary: Religious Opinions within Civil Discourse
Islamic Law in U.S. Courts: Cloyd v. Dulin (M.D. Tenn. 2012): Religious Accommodations for Prisoners
Plaintiff Sturgeon Stewart, an inmate at the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) brought suit against Respondents Vernestene Dulin, head of prison food services, and various other prison officials for alleged … Continue reading Islamic Law in U.S. Courts: Cloyd v. Dulin (M.D. Tenn. 2012): Religious Accommodations for Prisoners
From The Conversation:: Comic explainer: How does Islamic Finance Work?
Reposted from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Wes Mountain, The Conversation Interest fuels the financial world. The money sitting in your bank … Continue reading From The Conversation:: Comic explainer: How does Islamic Finance Work?
Interpreting the Codification of Sharīʿa Law into the New Legal System in the Making of the Persian Constitutional Revolution: A Critical Introduction to Two Original Pieces
By Jafar Shokrolah Zadeh I-Introduction This study is motivated by the complicated codification of sharīʿa law into the new modern legal system in the aftermath of the Persian Constitutional Revolution … Continue reading Interpreting the Codification of Sharīʿa Law into the New Legal System in the Making of the Persian Constitutional Revolution: A Critical Introduction to Two Original Pieces
Country Profile: Turkey
This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Turkey (Turkiye Cumhuriyeti), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of … Continue reading Country Profile: Turkey
Commentary: Circumstantial Evidence in the Administration of Islamic Justice
In chapter two of Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, Hossein Modarressi examines procedural differences between criminal and ordinary courts during the ʿAbbāsid period. Read the chapter.
Commentary: The Logic of Excluding Testimony in Early Islam
In chapter one of Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, Ahmed El Shamsy examines selected criteria used to exclude the testimony of certain types of witnesses in Islamic courts of the … Continue reading Commentary: The Logic of Excluding Testimony in Early Islam
Islamic Law in U.S. Courts: Al-Khazraji v. Saint Francis College (3d Cir. 1986): Denial of Tenure on Basis of Racial Discrimination
An Arab Muslim professor sued his former employer, Saint Francis College, under Title VII, §1981, §1983, §1985(3), §1986, and the Pennsylvania Human Rights Act, alleging that the College denied him … Continue reading Islamic Law in U.S. Courts: Al-Khazraji v. Saint Francis College (3d Cir. 1986): Denial of Tenure on Basis of Racial Discrimination
Country Profile: Syria
This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Syrian Arab Republic (Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU … Continue reading Country Profile: Syria