Resource Roundup: Controversy over Depictions of Prophet Muḥammad – Religion and Free Speech

By Intisar Rabb & Staff Editors In response to the controversy at Hamline University, a private liberal arts university in Minnesota on depictions of the Prophet Muḥammad and associated questions … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Controversy over Depictions of Prophet Muḥammad – Religion and Free Speech

Resource Roundup: Islamic Criminal Law

By Intisar Rabb Discussions of and attention to Islamic criminal law in recent times have revolved almost exclusively around press coverage relating to excessively harsh interpretations of Islamic criminal law or sharīʿa, often with … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Islamic Criminal Law

::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Looking Back and Looking Forward: Conclusion to the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law”

By Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu, with contributions from Hadi Qazwini On November 1, 2022, Professors Intisar Rabb (Harvard University) and Umut Özsu (Carleton University) convened a live Roundtable webinar that … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Looking Back and Looking Forward: Conclusion to the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law”

::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law

By Intisar Rabb & Umut Özsu What do we know about the history of international law in the Islamic world? We asked a select group of historians and legal scholars … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law

Experiments in Tracking Canons across the Mecelle

By Intisar Rabb & Yusuf Celik The Courts & Canons (CnC) Project at SHARIAsource leverages data science tools to explore questions in Islamic law and society historically through mapping the … Continue reading Experiments in Tracking Canons across the Mecelle

Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law

The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Taliban's subsequent takeover of the country has brought, once again, Islam and Islamic law to the fore in recent news coverage, reports, … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law

Islamic Legal Canons as Memes

By Intisar Rabb This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead Blog Editor), and … Continue reading Islamic Legal Canons as Memes

Simplicity, Creativity, Lucidity as “Method” in the Study of Islamic History: An Interview with Michael Cook

This interview was conducted by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief). This interview is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead Blog Editor), … Continue reading Simplicity, Creativity, Lucidity as “Method” in the Study of Islamic History: An Interview with Michael Cook

Methods and Meaning in Islamic Law: Introduction

By Intisar Rabb* This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead Blog Editor), and … Continue reading Methods and Meaning in Islamic Law: Introduction

Case Brief: UK Family Law Court Deems Unregistered Islamic Law Marriage Void but Conferring Protections on Wife and Children upon Divorce (Akhter v. Khan, 2018)

Case Facts. According to the Court judgment, “The petitioner, Nasreen Akhter, issued a petition for divorce from the respondent Mohammed Shabaz Khan on 4 November 2016. The husband defended the divorce … Continue reading Case Brief: UK Family Law Court Deems Unregistered Islamic Law Marriage Void but Conferring Protections on Wife and Children upon Divorce (Akhter v. Khan, 2018)