Thank you, Bahman Khodadadi, for joining us as guest blog editor in May. In case you missed his essays, here they are: The Ascendancy of Fixed Islamic Corporal Punishments in … Continue reading Thank you, Bahman Khodadadi!
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Islamic Legal Perspectives on Local Traditions during Ramadan: A Case Study of Kanagarian Kamang Baru" (El-Kähfi: Journal of Islamic Economics 6, no. 1 (2025)), A … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Bahman Khodadadi As Muslim jurist Mohsen Kadivar observes, in traditional fiqh (Islamic law), certain punishments prescribed by sharīʿa can be carried out “by any adult Muslim (mukallaf) based on … Continue reading God’s Wish or Mortal Error? The Iranian State’s Blessing for Vigilantism
By Bahman Khodadadi As I noted in my previous essay, with the rise of Shīʿī theocracy in 1979, the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran embarked on a “sharīʿatization” project. … Continue reading Navigating Legal Impasses: Maṣlaḥa, State Decrees, and Shīʿī Jurisprudence in Post-Revolutionary Iran
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In Sri Lanka, "[a]ctivists working in the field of gender, human rights, and family law, such as the Global Campaign for Equality in Family Law (GCEFL) and Equality … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Is There a ‘Jury’ in Islamic Law? The Twelve-Witness Lafīfiyya Testimony and the Limits of Judicial Discretion" (Studia Islamica 120 (2025)), Ari Schriber (Utrecht … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In Iran, "[t]he Islamic Revolution swept through the country like a tempest, bringing with it strict interpretations of Islamic law that deemed dance, especially by … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
By Bahman Khodadadi With the emergence of Shīʿī theocracy in 1979, the newly established state, the Islamic Republic of Iran, set in motion a “sharīʿatization” project. As part of this … Continue reading The Ascendancy of Fixed Islamic Corporal Punishments in Shīʿī Theocracy
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Relevance of Justice Principles in Islamic Law to Address Social Inequality in the Digital Era" (Journal of the American Institute 2, no. 1 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "On April 21, 2025, the Islamic State released a video in the Arabic language accusing al-Sharaa and its transition government of apostasy and calling the local … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
