By Fahad Bishara Those of us working in the humanities and social sciences may have noticed that discussions of the history of capitalism have experienced something of a renaissance over … Continue reading The Bazaar in the History of Global Capitalism
COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
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The Ministry of Justice in the United Arab Emirates launches an online platform for Muslim marriages. Morocco’s Supreme Scientific Council issues fatwa allowing the burial of COVID-19 victims without bathing … Continue reading COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
Against “flattening the [curve of] diversity of approaches” to Muslim understandings of contagion in a time of pandemic :: Part Two
By Justin Stearns Part Two: Diversity and Change in Scholarly Approaches to the Plague Jurists’ ongoing engagement with how to respond to epidemics speak to the vibrancy of this ongoing … Continue reading Against “flattening the [curve of] diversity of approaches” to Muslim understandings of contagion in a time of pandemic :: Part Two
Report of the Panel of Jurists: Judicial Discretion and Popular Legitimacy
By Dixie Morrison This post is part of the Digital Islamic Law Lab (DILL) series, in which a Harvard student analyzes a primary source of Islamic law, previously workshopped in the DIL … Continue reading Report of the Panel of Jurists: Judicial Discretion and Popular Legitimacy
Against “flattening the [curve of] diversity of approaches” to Muslim understandings of contagion in a time of pandemic :: Part One
By Justin Stearns Part One: Sources and Approaches The global spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 during the first months of 2020 exposed Muslims to a contagious pandemic on a scale … Continue reading Against “flattening the [curve of] diversity of approaches” to Muslim understandings of contagion in a time of pandemic :: Part One
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Elizabeth Urban explores the ways in which new Muslims of slave origins were integrated into early Islamic society in "Conquered Populations in Early Islam; Non-Arabs, Slaves and the Sons of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
The Persianate Bazaar
By Fahad Bishara I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know much about the Persianate world. I only came across the term something like six years ago, when … Continue reading The Persianate Bazaar
COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
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Indian government charges Tableeghi Jamaat leader with culpable homicide for surge in coronavirus cases. Saudi Arabia considers cancelling Hajj pilgrimage, for the first time since it became a nation, as … Continue reading COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
A Precedent for the Unprecedented: Historical Reflections on Plague, Quarantine, and Islamic Law in Morocco
By Ari Schriber By now, the effects of the COVID-19 virus have touched all domains of public life across the world. Public alarm and government interventions abruptly upended life to … Continue reading A Precedent for the Unprecedented: Historical Reflections on Plague, Quarantine, and Islamic Law in Morocco
Shamim Ara and the “Judicialization” of Divorce
By Dixie Morrison This post is part of the Digital Islamic Law Lab (DILL) series, in which a Harvard student analyzes a primary source of Islamic law, previously workshopped in the DIL … Continue reading Shamim Ara and the “Judicialization” of Divorce