SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan (Brill Academic Publishers), Karen Bauer (Institute of Ismaili Studies), Seyed Mohammad Ghari S. Fatemi (AMI and Mofid University), Robert … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In the US, “Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed drew a wave of criticism from conservative commentators Monday night after comparing Islamic Sharia law to … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Underage Marriage: Legal and Social Practice in Muslim Jurisdictions” (Arab Law Quarterly), Dörthe Engelcke (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law), Dominik … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Many thanks to Ilyass Amharar for joining us as guest blog editor in August. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Early Contacts Between Mālikism and Ashʿarism: Rethinking … Continue reading Thank you, Ilyass Amharar!
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In the USA, “Conservative crusader Jake Lang attracted hundreds of protesters Tuesday accusing the city of Dearborn, MI of discriminating against Christians and being run … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Islamic Economics and Finance in Action (Brill Academic Publishers), Shinsuke Nagaoka (Kyoto University) “provides an in-depth picture of how Islamic finance, which began as … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In India, “The Kerala Government’s free-for-women Priyadarshini bus scheme has come under scrutiny over passenger identification and possible misuse… social reformer A.P. Ahmed Master suggested … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Moroccan Mellāḥ: Governing Jewish Spaces and the Islamic Secular" (Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies), Rachel M. Scott (Virginia Tech University) "examines the Moroccan … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Analysts say Mauritania’s use of trained and certified Islamic female spiritual guides are a critical component of the country’s peacekeeping approach. Known as mourchidates, these … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto) offers a critical review of Sherman A. Jackson's The Islamic Secular in a recent issue of the Turkish Journal of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
