ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "While Islamic law recognizes that war may sometimes become necessary, particularly in self-defense, it places strict limits on how war may be conducted." Halal tourism … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Perpetuating Property and Kinship: Matrilineal Family Waqfs in 20th-Century Colonial Malabar, South India" (Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient), Abdulla … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Dominik Krell is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, and a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College. His research focuses on the … Continue reading Welcome to our April Guest Bloggers: Dominik Krell and Muhammad Zubair Abbasi
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Zealous officials burned their predecessors’ romance novels. Now, young Muslim women in northern Nigeria publish their erotic books in installments on WhatsApp." In Nigeria, "the … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Reconfiguring Political Islam: A Discursive Tradition Approach" (American Journal of Islam and Society), Abbas Jong (Freie Universität Berlin) "reconceptualizes Political Islam through the analytic … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In Brunei Darussalam, a recent Friday sermon "emphasised the importance of upholding Islamic law as a foundation for justice, social harmony and national stability" in … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Unfinished Nation: Constitutional Failure and Identity Crisis in Iran" (Constitutional Discourse), Batuhan Aydın (University of Szeged) "traces the origins of Iran’s constitutional identity … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In Malaysia, the Prime Minister’s Department of Religious Affairs stated that "Muslims must always safeguard religious limits and personal dignity, including refraining from acts that contradict … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Religious Elites and the Management of Islamic Affairs in Sarawak: A Mixed Scorecard" (Fulcrum), Mohd Faizal Musa (ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute) argues that "political rather … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Women’s inheritance rights in Pakistan are protected by law and Islam, yet social pressure forces many to waive property, creating a pattern of silent disinheritance." … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
