- Fajri Muhammadin and Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal use an ‘aqīdah approach to analyze the notion of Islamic universalism in “The Western Universalism v. Cultural Relativism Debate on Human Rights and Islam – An ‘Aqidah-Based Approach,” Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal (originally published in Afkar: Jurnal of Aqidah and Islamic Thought).
- In “Customary Law, Religion and Legal Pluralism in Israel: Islamic Law and Shari’a Courts in Constant Motion,” Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal (originally published in Revista General de Derecho Público), Kyriaki Topidi explores how, within a state-endorsed pluralist legal framework, minority religious systems evolve, navigate and reform, emphasizing the role played by actors in the judicial process, in particular judges (qadis) sitting in shari’a courts and adjudicating on family law cases.