By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones A number of recent academic studies dealing with the marriage and divorce practices of British Muslims have picked up on a number of themes that … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 7 :: Conclusions and further observations
In the fall quarter of 2019, I am teaching a graduate seminar titled “Readings in Islamic Law” at the University of Chicago. In this blog post and the three that … Continue reading Teaching Islamic law through primary sources
Wives’ exemption from domestic labor is among the recuperable elements of classical fiqh most widely cited in modern literature on gender and Islamic law. Indeed, as I’ve found while researching … Continue reading Law, Narrative, and the Case of Fāṭima’s Chores
We are delighted to introduce our two guest bloggers for the month of December: Marion Katz, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU, and Ahmed El Shamsy, Associate … Continue reading Welcome to our December Guest Bloggers: Marion Katz and Ahmed El Shamsy!
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Bana Gora is Chief Executive Officer of the Muslim Women’s Council, an organization established in 2009 to represent the views of Muslim women across … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 6 :: Bana Gora
Thank you to David Vishanoff for joining us as the guest blog editor throughout the month of November. In case you missed any of his posts, here they are: Istanbul … Continue reading Thank you, David Vishanoff!
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
