By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is the final part of a four-part series of posts will examine thesharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 4 :: Future Prospects for Greece’s Sharīʿa Courts After Molla Sali v. Greece
By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is part 3 of a four-part series of posts will examine thesharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and concluding … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 3 :: Substantive Issues in Sharīʿa Courts
By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is part 2 of a four-part series of posts will examine thesharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and concluding … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 2 :: Procedural Issues in Sharīʿa Courts
By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is part 1 of a four-part series of posts will examine the sharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and concluding … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 1 :: Between communal autonomy and individual human rights
This Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously held that Greece owed a Greek woman by the name of Molla Sali 51,000 euros ($57,000) in damages plus expenses “for siding with her … Continue reading In the News: Molla Sali v. Greece
This Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously held that Greece owed a Greek woman by the name of Molla Sali 51,000 euros ($57,000) in damages plus expenses “for siding with her … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Many thanks to Mohammad Fadel for joining us this past month as a guest blog editor and for his thoughtful and thought-provoking posts. In case you missed any of them, here … Continue reading Thank you, Mohammad Fadel!
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Law & Religion eJournal includes: “Human Rights Issues Arising from the Implementation of Sharia Law on the Minority of Western Thrace” by Nikos Koumoutzis and … Continue reading Law & Religion eJournal: Jun 21
Two recent journal articles explore how Islamic law is being defined, debated, and applied in Europe – both by Muslims and by courts. Maurits S. Berger’s “Understanding Sharia in the … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: European Muslims and Islamic Law
This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Turkey (Turkiye Cumhuriyeti), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of … Continue reading Country Profile: Turkey
