::Roundtable:: The Book and AI: How Artificial Intelligence is and is not Changing Islamic Law

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By Intisar Rabb & Mairaj Syed The invention of the wheel, the printing press, and the internet itself swept over the world in torrents that shaped human interaction with each other and the world, Islam included along with everything else. When initially introduced, each technology crashed in on the world like a rolling wave that … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: The Book and AI: How Artificial Intelligence is and is not Changing Islamic Law

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In The Logic of al-Fanari: A Study and Annotated Translation of al-Fanari’s Commentary on the Isaghuji (Lockwood Press), former PIL Fellow Aaron Spevack (Brandeis University) “delves into the 15th-century logic text by Shams al-Din al-Fanari (d. 1431), a foundational work in the Ottoman seminary tradition. Rather than offering a standard annotated translation alone, Spevack also provides… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Egypt and Iran have lodged formal complaints with FIFA regarding plans for an LGBTQ+ Pride celebration to coincide with their World Cup match in Seattle [Washington, USA]….In Iran, gay and lesbian individuals can face the death penalty,” whereas “in Egypt, while homosexuality is not explicitly outlawed, police frequently target and prosecute members of the LGBTQ+… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In Mantle of the Sufi Kings: Political Sufism and the Rise of Early Modern Iran (Cambridge University Press), Hani Khafipour (State University of New York at Buffalo) “explores how loyalty, social cohesion, and power dynamics found in Sufi thought underpinned the Safavid community’s sources of social power and determination. Once in power, the Safavid state’s patronage… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In a special report, Friday Times journalist Amna Usman described how “surrogacy in Pakistan is deeply stigmatised despite medical benefits, raising ethical, religious and legal debates over lineage, dignity and regulated compassion.” In Iran, “the Islamic Republic is strategically leveraging pre-Islamic Iranian nationalism and symbols like the Shapur I statue to consolidate power amid a secular… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In An Islamic Legal Philosophy: Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām and the Ethical Turn in Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press), former PIL Fellow and Research Editor Mariam Sheibani (Brandeis University) “argues that the rich legal history of the post-formative period and the Islamic legal philosophy that developed in it have been comparatively neglected. This innovative study traces the ethical… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta, founded in 1895…celebrates its 130th anniversary” this week.  The organization is also “preparing for the Second International Symposium of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities” later this month, which “will launch key initiatives—including a Fatwa and Human Dignity Charter, Fatwa Standards for Sustainable Development, and a Fatwa for Humanity Platform—aimed at transforming… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: Arabica 74, no. 4–5 is a special issue coordinated by recent Islamic Law Blog guest editors Eirik Hovden (University of Bergen) and Mahmood Kooria (University of Edinburgh) on “The Muḫtaṣar and Its Role in the Islamic Legal Schools.” The issue includes the below articles. In “Al-Muḥaqqiq al-Ḥillī (d. 676/1277) and His al-Muḫtaṣar al-Nāfīʿ” (Arabica), Robert Gleave… CONTINUE READING

Thank you, Jonathan Brockopp!

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Thank you, Jonathan Brockopp, for joining us as guest blog editor in November. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Four manuscripts from the Mālikī tradition: Al-Azhar, fiqh Mālikī 1655 Four manuscripts from the Mālikī tradition: Qarawiyyīn, 874 Four manuscripts from the Mālikī tradition: NLPCPM, Raqqada, 49-2/915 Four manuscripts from the Mālikī tradition: … Continue reading Thank you, Jonathan Brockopp!

Four manuscripts from the Mālikī tradition: NLPCPM, Raqqada, 10-1648

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By Jonathan Brockopp When I started my graduate program, I had no idea I would be working on Arabic manuscripts. At that point, I knew more about the manuscript tradition of Christianity and Judaism than I did the early Islamic tradition. The more I pushed into Islamic history, however, the more I realized what a … Continue reading Four manuscripts from the Mālikī tradition: NLPCPM, Raqqada, 10-1648

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Syrian Justice Minister Dr. Mazhar al-Wais said in an interview with The Media Line that coordination between the Syrian state and the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) can be lawful under Islamic Shariah if it follows Shariah policy principles and serves the public interest.” “A parliamentary committee and the government agreed…to ask… CONTINUE READING