Anika Liversage and Jesper Petersen argue for the importance of local power structures in supporting Muslim women in terminating a nikāḥ in "Etniske minoritetskvinder og skilsmisse – med fokus på muslimske praksisser" … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Eva Brems offers an analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights at the intersection of women’s rights and religious freedom in "Hidden Under Headscarves? Women … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Monika Zalnieriute and Catherine Weiss analyze the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s (HRC) consideration of legal prohibitions on Islamic face-coverings in Yaker v. France and Hebbadj v. France in "Reconceptualizing … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: “European Law and the Veil: Muslim Women from Victims to Emblems of the Enemy” by … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: July 19th
Routledge has published a new book on the Wellbeing of Transnational Muslim Families: Marriage, Law and Gender (June 2019). The book, edited by Marja Tiilikainen, Mulki Al-Sharmani, and Sanna Mustasaari, … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Wellbeing of Transnational Muslim Families
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Law & Religion eJournal includes: “Human Rights Issues Arising from the Implementation of Sharia Law on the Minority of Western Thrace" by Nikos Koumoutzis and … Continue reading Law & Religion eJournal: Jun 21
A new book published last month by Brill, Minority Religions under Irish Law: Islam in National and International Context, edited by Kathryn O’Sullivan (University of Limerick), examines how minority religions … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Islam and Irish Law
Two recent journal articles explore how Islamic law is being defined, debated, and applied in Europe – both by Muslims and by courts. Maurits S. Berger’s “Understanding Sharia in the … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: European Muslims and Islamic Law
A ban on face coverings in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday attacks has once again highlighted the issue of restrictions on religious freedoms in response to public safety concerns. … Continue reading In the News: Sri Lanka’s Emergency Law
Asim Jusic’s recent article in the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion examines a December 2017 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights concerning state limitations on religious symbols. … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: European Court of Human Rights Ruling on Religious Symbols
