By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Ajmal Masroor is one of Britain’s most high-profile imāms. He leads prayers in four London mosques, and has been a high-profile spokesperson and broadcaster … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 5 :: Ajmal Masroor
In "Religio-Secular Counter-Hegemonic Legal Knowledge Production and Its Glocal Dissemination," Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal, Ihsan Yilmaz explores unofficial ijtihads, micro-mujtahids, surfers on inter-madhhab, post-modern fragmentation of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
If you teach Islamic law, chances are that your students are more cosmopolitan than those at the University of Oklahoma, where for thirteen years I have been teaching courses on … Continue reading Teaching Islamic Law in a Red State
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Sometimes described as “the UK’s first female shari‘ah judge,” Amra Bone sits on the panel of the Shari‘ah Council of Birmingham Central Mosque, one … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 4 :: Amra Bone
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Musharraf Husain is an ‘alim and imām based in Nottingham, and one of the leading Muslim community representatives of the Midlands. Trained at Al-Azhar … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 3 :: Musharraf Husain
In "The State as a Shareholder: A Study of Partial Privatization and Its Impacts on Corporate Governance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Journal of Sharia & Law, Meshal Faraj presents … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Aina Khan is a London-based solicitor with expertise in international and Islamic family law, who runs her own legal practice in London. With three … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 2 :: Aina Khan
I am drawn to big projects. Small projects are easier to manage: if I focus on a single well–defined question, and answer it using a narrowly circumscribed set of source … Continue reading Getting a handle on large research projects
Testimonies from Muslim students studying in the United Kingdom note the challenge of navigating sharīʿa financing with banks that are not sharīʿa-compliant. Metro UK reporter Faima Bakar writes, “the limitations … Continue reading In the News: The Challenge of Navigating Sharīʿa Financing for Education
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Recent years have seen heated debate about the ability of modern, purportedly secular Western nations to accommodate the practice of Islamic norms of marriage and … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 1 :: Introduction
