Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Secularism and Islam in Bangladesh: 50 Years After Independence (Routledge, 2023), Abdul Wohab (North South University, Bangladesh) argues that "extremist interpretations of Islam, which … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: Student work opportunity: Research assistant, Widener Library, Harvard University. Call for Papers: The 22nd Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, Harvard University, November … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022) by Ahmed Rashid investigates the origins and development of the Taliban movement … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

In "Don’t Uncover that Face! COVID-19 Masks and the Niqab: Ironic Transfigurations of the ECtHR’s Intercultural Blindness" (International Journal of Semiot Law (2020)), Mario Ricca (University of Parma) investigates whether … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

A Popular Initiative to Ban Minarets and Its Human Rights Implications

By Nathalie Gunasekera  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 A Popular Initiative to Ban Minarets and Its Human Rights Implications

Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: Jan 11th

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This week’s issue of the Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "Is Islam Incompatible with European Identity?" by Wojciech Brzozowski This article examines "whether following the … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: Jan 11th

European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Forcing Greek Muslim Minority to Follow Islamic Law

Last week, the European Court of Human Rights (which examines alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights) handed down its long-anticipated decision in Molla Sali v. Greece, … Continue reading European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Forcing Greek Muslim Minority to Follow Islamic Law

European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Forcing Greek Muslim Minority to Follow Islamic Law [Molla Sali v. Greece (ECHR 2018)]

In December 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) considered the question whether Muslim citizens who lived in the Greek province of Thrace could be required to submit to … Continue reading European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Forcing Greek Muslim Minority to Follow Islamic Law [Molla Sali v. Greece (ECHR 2018)]

Molla Sali v. Greece European Court of Human Rights Case Brief

By Marzieh Tofighi Darian Facts: The applicant, Mrs. Chatitze Molla Sali was named as the sole beneficiary in a notarized public will drawn by her Muslim husband in 2003 in … Continue reading Molla Sali v. Greece European Court of Human Rights Case Brief

Freedom of Religion Under Threat Across Europe After EU Court Rules Employers Can Ban Headscarves

Guest contributor Sara Silvestri examines the latest in the recent developments of the European headscarves debate. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Wearing a headscarf … Continue reading Freedom of Religion Under Threat Across Europe After EU Court Rules Employers Can Ban Headscarves