- In Peace and Reconciliation in International Islamic Law (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023), Kaleem Hussain (University of Birmingham) “presents a lucid analysis, observing how the sources of international law and Islamic Law help or hinder the pathway towards peace and reconciliation in selected conflict theatres: namely, Afghanistan, Palestine-Israel and Kashmir.”
- In “Politics of Islamic Law in the Early New Order Era (1984 to 1990)” (International Seminar of Islamic Studies, March 2023), Rusli Halil Nasution (STAI Tebingtinggi Deli, Indoniesa) traces the gradual prominence with which Islamic law came to be integrated into Indonesia law.
- In “Feauturing Fiqh: the Representation of Islamic Law in Egyptian Historical Dramas” (Middle East Law and Governance, April 4, 2023), Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (University of Copenhagen) offers “a preliminary investigation into the role of fiqh in Egyptian historical films and musalsalāt.”
- In “Religious Accommodation in the Workplace, Undue Hardship, and the Impact on Coworkers” (SSRN, March 28, 2023), Debbie Kaminer (The City University of New York) discusses the clashing pro-religious accommodation and pro-business orientations of the Roberts Court, using writ of certiorari in Groff v. DeJoy as a segue into the discussion.
- In “The Hijab Row in Karnataka, Egalitarian Uniformity and the Right to Adorn One’s Face” (SSRN, April 3, 2023), Robert Kahn (University of St. Thomas School of Law) questions the Karnataka High Court’s assumption that religious attire clashes with uniformity, asking “Why would wearing a hijab, even one sporting the school colors, ‘breed indiscipline that may eventually degenerate into chaos on campus?'” For more information and context on the hijāb ban controversy in Karnataka (India), consult our Research Editor Raha Rafii’s “Snapshot: Karnataka High Court Ruling on Banning Ḥijāb” and the posts listed there.
- In “Understanding an American Paradox: An Overview of the Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom” (SSRN, March 15, 2023), SpearIt (University of Pittsburgh School of Law) reviews Sahar Aziz’s The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom (The University of California Press, 2021).