- In “Perpetuating Property and Kinship: Matrilineal Family Waqfs in 20th-Century Colonial Malabar, South India” (Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient), Abdulla Niruvan Chalil (Jamia Millia Islamia) “examines family waqf practices among matrilineal families in Malabar during the British colonial period by analysing waqf deeds written in Malayalam” and argues that “family waqfs played a crucial role in preserving matrilineal family lineage and property in Malabar, providing both religious and legal reinforcement for matrilineal kinship in the region.” [login required]
- In “The Unbuilt House: Historical Roots of Muslim Political Division” (Tribal News Network), Zakir Khan (Tribal News Network) argues that the “Ummah exists as a spiritual community—real, enduring, and beyond challenge. But as a political alliance capable of sustained, collective action, it has only existed in fragments and for brief periods, usually through conquest or coercion.”