- In “The Status of Music in Islamic Law: Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī’s (d. 974/1567) Treatise Against Recreation in its Polemical Context” (Islamic Law and Society, March 6, 2024), Dr. Fitzroy Morrissey (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford) examines an Islamic legal treatise that “argues for the impermissibility of most musical activities on the basis of the Qurʾan and Hadith, the consensus of the ʿulamāʾ (particularly from his Shāfiʿī school), and the incompatibility of recreation (lahw) and piety.”
- In “The Concept of Restorative Justice in Islamic Criminal Law: Alternative Dispute Settlement Based on Justice” (KnowledgeE, January 5, 2024), Syariful Alam (University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Malang, Indonesia)
and others “analyze the concept of restorative justice in the context of Islamic criminal law and identify its potential use as a more just and recovery-oriented dispute resolution method.” - In “Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in terms of Islamic Law: a Comparative Study of Indonesia and Germany” (Jambura Law Review 6, no. 1 (2024)), Muhamad Nazar (Faculty of Law, Universitas Haluoleo, Indonesia) and others, using the cases of Germany and Indonesia, examine “the socio-cultural context which causes society’s reactions and the implementation of government regulations regarding same-sex marriage to be different.”
- In “The Practice Of Identity Politics In North Sumatra: Analysis Of Siyasah And Islamic Law” (Pena Justisia: Media Komunikasi Dan Kajian Hukum 23, no. 1 (2024)), Hikmatiar Harahap (Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia) and others examine “the practice of identity politics in the 2018 North Sumatra Governor Election . . . based on the study and approach of Siyasah and Islamic Law.”