ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Amazon has been criticized for selling burqas, in the wake of Afghanistan's capture by Taliban forces who have made it compulsory for women to wear the burqa under their interpretation of Islamic law. Taliban has banned women from taking the national university entrance exam. One scholar has called this move … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
By Athina Pfeiffer Professor Marina Rustow's note: "Having been asked twice now to contribute to the ILB, I’ve been making my way into the corpus of Islamic notarial documents preserved in Cairo Geniza. In the hope of understanding them better, I taught a PhD seminar on them in Fall 2022. Two of my students, Amel … Continue reading Documents of Sale as Living Objects
By Iza Hussin Whereas the first of these posts focussed on translation between one text and another, and the second on one set of vocabularies to another, this third post considers inter-imperial translation as a source for one of the most politically productive conflations in the history of modern Islamic legal institutions: personal status/family law/Islamic … Continue reading How to do things with translation: ‘Personal law’
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The UN experts demanded an immediate cessation of public floggings and execution while reminding the Afghan government of the country’s standing as a state party to both the Convention against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." "The Afghan government on Tuesday barred women from attending private … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Islamic Republic [of Iran] has hanged a second protester in less than a week in public on Monday after charging him with killing two members of security forces." As Iran has been executing protesters, some Islamic law scholars in the country have voiced their opposition to the regime's application … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Role of Islamic Finance in the Capital Market in Uzbekistan" (European Journal of Innovation in Informal Education 2, no. 1 (2022)), Z.A. Kayimova and M.A. Bakayeva (Bukhara State University) state that "Islamic law imposes certain prohibitions and restrictions on transactions, including receiving a set percentage or fee for … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Litigious Zeal" (Inquest, November 22, 2022), SpearIt (University of Pittsburgh) explores how Muslim prisoners in the United States "sue religiously" and argues that Muslim prisoner litigation has resulted in reforms for prisoner rights in the country. In "General Principles of Business Contracts in Islamic Law" (in Institutional Islamic Economics … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "A Saudi national has been sentenced to death for smuggling banned amphetamine tablets near the country's northern border with Jordan, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday citing the Ministry of Interior." "Nineteen people in northeastern Afghanistan were lashed for adultery, theft and running away from home, a Supreme Court … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the Taliban’s chief spokesman said." For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb's “Resource … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Maqasid Al-Shari'ah as Philosophy of Islamic Law: A Systems Approach (The International Institute of Islamic Thought 2022), Jasser Auda (Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics, Qatar) proposes a new theory to categorize theories for Islamic law. In "A seat at the table: Islamic laws neglected potential in universalising … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
