Nadia Marzouki is the author of Islam: An American Religion, published in 2013. She was an Andrew Carnegie Centennial Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center and a research … Continue reading Interview :: The Social-Legal Implications of Islamic Law with Nadia Marzouki, Author of Islam: An American Religion
At the end of last year, the BBC compiled a list of “100 inspiring and influential women from around the world.” One of those women was Nenney Shushaidah, who made … Continue reading In the News: Female Sharīʿa Court Judges
The latest issue of SSRN's Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes the following article by SHARIAsource South Asia Editor Zubair Abbasi: "From Faskh to Khula: Transformation … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Abbasi on Islamic Divorce Law
The latest issue of Brill's Islamic Law and Society explores khulʿ practices in the modern world. Khulʿ is a type of Islamic divorce procedure. Although it usually refers to a … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Special Journal Issue on Khulʿ
This week’s issue of the Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "Is Islam Incompatible with European Identity?" by Wojciech Brzozowski This article examines "whether following the … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: Jan 11th
As a reminder, the SHARIAsource Portal contains helpful resources that explain various aspects of Islamic law in "plain English," including: Lexicon Ijtihād: the direct interpretation of scripture Ḥadīth: Prophetic traditions … Continue reading Islamic Law in “Plain English”
In the most recent issue of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Sherman Jackson wrote about the responsibilities of male scholars in acknowledging the perspectives and … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Jackson on Gender in Islamic Studies
SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Khaled Abou El Fadl recently gave a lecture (available on YouTube here) regarding the prohibition of torture in Islam, which he explained is not derived from modern … Continue reading Abou El Fadl on Sexual Violence in Islamic Law
