- In “Civil Law Principles in Fiqh of Islamic Law” (Tematics Journal of Law 14, no. 12 (December 2020)), Ayub Mukhammadiev (The Military-Technical Institute of the National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan) provides a brief overview of some general principles of Islamic law.
- In “Re-Assessing the Evidentiary Threshold for Zinā’ in Islamic Criminal Law: A De Facto Exemption Proposal” (Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, (2021) (forthcoming)), Hassan Ahmad (University of Toronto) considers the four eye witness threshold under Islamic law to be convicted for fornication, arguing that the adoption of this “internal” evidentiary standard would prevent convictions based on shaky grounds that garner international outcry from time to time.
- In an opinion piece titled “A Muslim scholar says human rights policy needs to focus on religious scholars,” (Wio News, February 15, 2021), James M. Dorsey writes on Khaled Abou El Fadel’s (UCLA) call for sustained attention to Islamic scholars persecuted throughout the Muslim world.
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
