- In “Thinking about the medieval state from a Moroccan perspective: Writing The Almoravid Maghrib” (ARC Humanities Press, February 16, 2024), Camilo Gómez-Rivas (University of California Santa Cruz), in elaborating how he authored his recent book, states that some of his motivating questions were: “Is the ninth century (the early Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad) really the Golden Age of Islam in terms of cultural production? Is it even so in terms of religion, theology, and sophisticated legal reasoning? Or was it, as in Spain, a high point of political unity preceding long periods of political fragmentation, but which were immensely vibrant in terms of cultural production?”
- In “The Mechanisms and Impact of Islamic Generosity (Waqf) Behaviour in Islamic Social Finance Institution” (Journal Of Awqaf, Zakat & Hajj 1, no. 1 (2023)), Mohd Burhan Yusof (Jabatan Perdagangan, Politeknik Sultan Idris Shah (PSIS)) and others explore how the concept of generosity “contributes to the functioning and development of Islamic social finance institution[s].”
- In “The challenges of LGBT people in the framework of Islamic law and human rights” (International Studies Journal, February 19, 2024) Mohadeseh Ghavami Pour Sereshkeh and Amirreza Mahmoudi conclude that “[h]uman rights are based on equality, while Islamic rights are based on moral and religious principles, which have a more practical and realistic view of LGBT rights.”