SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP
On Islamic Law
- In “Islamic Revivalism: Dynamics of Islamic Parties in Legalizing Islamic Law Policies in Indonesia and Malaysia” (Al Istinbath: Jurnal Hukum Islam 9, no. 1 (2024)), Siti Malaiha Dewi and others “explore how Islamic parties have attempted to legalize Islamic law in both countries over the past three decades.”
- In “The ignored heritage of Western law: the historical and contemporary role of Islamic law in shaping law school” (in Decolonisation and the Law School (Routledge, 2024)), Imranali Panjwani (Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom) “examine[s] attitudes towards Islam of Western scholars operating within the field of humanities and law . . . explore[s] the critical historical connections between Islamic law and Western law that have shaped modern legal concepts . . . share[s] a case study of teaching European Law to demonstrate the damaging effects of a Eurocentric and colonial approach on legal knowledge and the students that learn it.”
- In “Epistemology of Islamic Law in the Qur’an” (Taklifi: Jurnal Hukum Islam 1, no. 1 (2024)), M. Iqbal Nasir and Samsuddin Samsuddin (Institut Agama Islam (IAI) As’adiyah Sengkang) “discuss[] the epistemology of Islamic law in the Qur’an in general.”
- In “Understanding Carok in Madura: Legal Reform From Criminal Law and Islamic Law Perspective” (Journal of Law & Legal Reform, April 30, 2024), Haris (University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia) and others explore the customary punishment of carok in certain regions of Indonesia, and the practice’s legality from the perspective of criminal law and Islamic law.
On Islam and Data Science
- In “Survey dataset of factors affecting Islamic donation intention in Malaysia” (Data in Brief, July 9, 2024), Mohamad Syahmi Mat Daud (Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) and others, using “[a] self-administrated survey of 400 Muslims with various demographic characteristics,” “identify[] factors that influence Muslims’ Islamic donation intentions, thereby helping scholars and Islamic non-profit organisations understand how Malaysian Muslims participated in donation activities.”
FIELD GUIDE TO ISLAMIC LAW ONLINE: RECENT SOURCES
The Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is an ever-growing collection of links to hundreds of primary sources and archival collections around the world, online. We recently added new resources to this list:
- Shurish is a Farsi periodical that can be accessed online through a webpage maintained by the Digital Library of the Middle East. The online collection comprises more than 30 issues of the periodical.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Calendar:
- Call for Submissions: Pedagogy Files in Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā, September 1, 2024.
- Call for Papers: “Islamic Law and Social Movements,” 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), September 9, 2024.
- Call for Proposals: Hot Topics Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, October 14, 2024.
- Conference: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, December 19-20, 2024.
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025.
- Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies, until an appointment is made.
- Internship opportunity: The Executive Office of the President, White House, various deadlines.
- Position opening: Academic mentor and field researcher in Iraq, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich, rolling basis.
- Position opening: Academic mentor for researcher in Mogadishu, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich.
- Call for Papers: Special Section – Lifewriting Annual and Islam.
- Call for Manuscripts: Advances in the Study of Islam, Edinburgh University Press.