The Program in Islamic Law (PIL) has curated a list of presentations related to Islamic law, history, and data science from the Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) 2025 Annual Meeting, … Continue reading Islamic Law at MESA 2025! (A PIL Guide)
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "A state-level workshop on the protection of Waqf properties was held at the KMDC Bhavan [Karnataka Minority Development Corporation] in Bengaluru [India], where religious leaders, … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Impaired Foundations, Perduring Law: The Meaning and Aims of Māwardī’s al-Aḥkām al-sulṭāniyya” (Islamic Law and Society), Daniel Lav (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) notes that … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Islamic Law at ASLH 2025! (A PIL Guide)
The Program in Islamic Law (PIL) has curated a list of presentations related to Islamic law, history, and data science from the American Society for Legal History‘s (ASLH) 2025 Annual … Continue reading Islamic Law at ASLH 2025! (A PIL Guide)
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel, chairman of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development (ICCD), affirmed that the halal economy has become a strategic pillar in … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Spaces for Women in Mosques: Past, Present and Future" (Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture), Bernard O’Kane (American University in Cairo) "explores first the historical … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Welcome to our November Guest Blogger: Jonathan Brockopp
Jonathan E. Brockopp is Professor of History, Religious Studies, and Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University. A specialist on early Muslim scholarly communities, he has worked on the Kairouan collection … Continue reading Welcome to our November Guest Blogger: Jonathan Brockopp
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Shaykh Ahmad Gumi, Mufti of the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna, Nigeria, "has urged Islamic judges and clerics to ensure that women suffering from domestic … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
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 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