Jurisdiction over Germination

By Omar Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar This post is part of the Digital Islamic Law Lab (DILL) series, in which a Harvard student analyzes a primary source of Islamic law, previously workshopped in … Continue reading Jurisdiction over Germination

Digital Gazetteer Spotlight: al-Ṯurayyā Project

By Saqib Qureshi This post is part of the Digital Islamic Law Lab (DILL) series, in which a Harvard student analyzes a primary source of Islamic law, previously workshopped in the DIL … Continue reading Digital Gazetteer Spotlight: al-Ṯurayyā Project

“What Geography and Maps Can Sound Like” DILL with Najam Haider July 10, 2020

In our last Digital Islamic Law Lab (DILL), Professor Najam Haider from Barnard College of Columbia University joined us to discuss how textual sources, with the proper computational power, can … Continue reading “What Geography and Maps Can Sound Like” DILL with Najam Haider July 10, 2020

Ijtihād on Artificial Insemination

By Nicholas Kellum This post is part of the Digital Islamic Law Lab (DILL) series, in which a Harvard student analyzes a primary source of Islamic law, previously workshopped in the DIL … Continue reading Ijtihād on Artificial Insemination

Dār al-Iftā’ Fatwā: Working in Banks

By Aaron Spevack Source: http://www.dar-alifta.org/Foreign/ViewFatwa.aspx?ID=5912&text=working%20in%20banks This fatwā listed on Dār al-Iftā'’s website - the official fatwa institution of Egypt and connected with scholars of al-Azhar - deals with the question … Continue reading Dār al-Iftā’ Fatwā: Working in Banks

A Question About Blasphemy: Amendments 298-B and 298-C in Pakistan’s Penal Code

By Sheza Alqera Atiq Pakistan: Penal Code [Pakistan], S.295-C, S. 298-B, S. 298-C, Chapter XV, Act No. XLV, 6 Octber 1860, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/485231942.html [accessed 12 November 2018] Summary: The legislation … Continue reading A Question About Blasphemy: Amendments 298-B and 298-C in Pakistan’s Penal Code

Nābulsī and Talfīq

By Aaron Spevack Source: Al-Nābulsī, Khulāṣah al-Taḥqīq fī Bayān Ḥukm al-Taqlīd wa al-Talfīq: Chapter 6: Regarding the elucidation of the ruling on talfīq. Nābulsī begins his chapter with the division … Continue reading Nābulsī and Talfīq

Hāshiyat al-Bajūrī

By Aaron Spevack Source: Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī, Ḥāshiya al-Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī ʿalā Sharḥ al-ʿAlāma Ibn al- Qāsim al-Ghazzī ʿalā Matn al-Shaykh Abī Shujāʿ. Beirut: Dār al-Kutūb al-ʿIlmiyya, 1999. The excerpt that … Continue reading Hāshiyat al-Bajūrī