SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Ottoman Justice and Political Economy of Empires: Venetian Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Courts” (Comparative Studies in Society and History), Tommaso Stefini (Sabancı Üniversitesi) “examines … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Saudi Arabia has officially "appointed a prominent ultraconservative scholar...as the country’s new grand mufti, the kingdom’s top religious scholar. Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan, 90, … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Between Law and Politics: Islamic Judges in the South Indian Littoral, 1808–1885” (Law and History Review), Saumyashree Ghosh (Yale Law School) “offers a fresh … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Thank you, Katherine Lemons, for joining us as guest blog editor in October. In case you missed her essays, here they are: Beyond Rights and Recognition: Muslim Personal Law in … Continue reading Thank you, Katherine Lemons!
By Katherine Lemons In the preceding essay, I explored how rukhsati cases at the dar ul-qaza (Sharīʿa Court) of the Imarat-e-Sharia illuminate the dynamics of legal change from below. I … Continue reading The Materiality of Everyday Islamic law
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Kenya’s growing appetite for ethical and Sharia-compliant business models took centre stage at the 2nd Edition of the Sharia Compliance and Halal Business Expo" in … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Dynamics of Tradition: Islamic Theology and Law in Relation (Brill), editors Idris Nassery and Muna Tatari invite readers to “explore how Islamic theology and … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Katherine Lemons If, as I argued in the previous essay, the paradox of minority recognition cannot fully explain the workings of Islamic law or minority politics in India, then … Continue reading Muslim Personal Law as Struggle
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Malaysian government announced that it will be "digitizing the Syariah court system via the E-Syariah platform...[which] allows the public to register and track the … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Women’s Gifting of Their Inheritance Share to Male Kin Is Void: A Study of Late Ottoman Fatwas on Social Coercion” (British Journal of Middle … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
