By Joseph Lowry (University of Pennsylvania) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead … Continue reading What Is Islamic Law? How Should We Study It?
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The Special Muzakarah Committee of the National Council for Malaysian Islamic Affairs announced that Covid-19 vaccines are permissible and, for some, even obligatory under Islamic law. Relatedly, Malaysia's Religious Affairs … Continue reading COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
By Elizabeth Urban (West Chester University of Pennsylvania) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam … Continue reading Four Historical Strategies for Approaching Early Islamic Law
The Field Guide to Digital Islamic Law, in the form of a Google document, is a collection of resource links and annotations to SHARIAsource and other Harvard resources, global online … Continue reading Field Guide to Digital Islamic Law Resources Roundup
In "Ethno-religious socialisation, national culture and the social construction of British Muslim identity" (Contemporary Islam 14 (November 2020)), Riyaz Timol (Cardiff University) interrogates extant theories of socialization and how and … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup
In Legal Maxims in Islamic Law: Concept, History and Application of Axioms of Juristic Accumulation (Leiden: Brill, 2021) (forthcoming), Necmettin Kizilkaya (Istanbul University) addresses the formation of Islamic law maxims … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
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On December 10, 2020, the Islamic Law Blog launched its Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography: Methods and Meaning in Islamic Law, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam … Continue reading Roundtable on Islamic Legal History and Historiography: Week in Review
Meo High School, reportedly the only school in Paris that had allowed students to wear religious attire and symbols, including headscarves, kippahs, and crucifixes, was shut down on grounds of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
By Rula J. Abisaab (McGill University) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead … Continue reading Writing Islamic Legal History
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As companies continue to develop vaccines against COVID-19, questions about whether these vaccines contain pork-derived ingredients continue to occupy the minds of many Muslims. Salman Waqar from the British Islamic … Continue reading COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
