Islamic Law Scholarship Roundup

  • In “On The Historical Potential of Zaydi Legal Sources” (Leiden Arabic Humanities Blog, June 16, 2023), Najam Haider (Barnard College) observes that Zaydī sources have seldom been used in exploring the formation and development of Islamic law.
  • In “The Marital Rape Based on Contemporary Islamic Criminal Law” (Jurnal Hukum Pidana Islam 9, no. 1 (2023)), Rodhotun Nimah (UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta) “focuses on the relevance of the marital rape criminal sanction contained in Regulation Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence with Criminal Sanctions in Fiqh Jinayah [of Indonesia].”
  • In “Bank Interest in Islamic Law” (At-Tasyrih 9, no. 1 (2023)), Christopher Panal Lumban Gaol (Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas Medan, Indonesia) and others “an in-depth analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of bank interest in Islamic law, taking into account various perspectives and interpretations within the Islamic legal tradition.”
  • In “Criminal Responsibility of Hierarchic Superiors in Islamic Law and International Criminal Law (ICL)” (International Journal of Social Science & Entrepreneurship 3, no. 1 (2023)), Nosheen Qayyum (International Islamic University, Islamabad) “aims to address the issue of criminal responsibility of hierarchic superiors from the perspective of Islamic law in order to identify potential conflicts and convergence with international criminal law (ICL).”

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