- Sohaira Siddiqui explores how scholars grappled with questions of human reason and knowledge, challenging dominant ideas of Shari’a in “Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of al-Juwayni,” Cambridge University Press. Siddiqui highlights the interconnections between al-Juwayni’s discussions on theology, law and politics, and the socio-political intellectual landscapes that forged them.
- In “Consent in Marriage: A Radical Feminist Analysis of Pakistani Law“, William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Iqra Khan uses the radical feminist lens to explore the case of marital rape in Pakistan. Khan advocates for a reconception of marital rape based on sex inequality. The author argues that the current law fails to comprehend the unreality of a wife’s ‘consent’ to sex in marriage.
- Islam Uddin explores the practices of marriage and divorce among British Muslims in “Reformulation of Islamic Matrimonial Law: British Muslims, Contemporary Understandings and Normative Practices,” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. The study involves in-depth interviews with British Muslim women to understand the problems associated with Muslim marriage and divorce as reflected in their lived experiences. Additionally, the study involves interviews with experts and/or professionals ranging from imams and Shariah council judges to solicitors and counsellors, as well as observations of Shariah council hearings and analysis of their procedural documents.
- In “Enforcing Freedom of Religion or Belief in Cases Involving Attacks Against Buildings Dedicated to Religion: The Al Mahdi Case at the International Criminal Court,” Berkeley Journal of International Law, Juan Pablo Perez Leon Acevedo and Thiago Felipe Alves Pinto seek to determine the extent to which the International Criminal Court (ICC) can operate to protect human rights, particularly the right to freedom of religion or belief, while dealing with intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion. The Al Mahdi case at the ICC provides the analytical foundation for this research.
- Eugene Volokh reports on the case West v. Kind, in which a Muslim convert, Rufus West, objected to being seen by prison guard Isaac Buhle when being strip-searched, in “Muslim Inmate Objects to Strip Search with Transgender Female-to-Male Guard Watching,” Reason Magazine.