Ashraf Booley argues that Tunisia should be seen as the vanguard of women-friendly legislation in the Arab world in "Progressive Realisation of Muslim Family Law: The Case of Tunisia," Islamic … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In "Religio-Secular Counter-Hegemonic Legal Knowledge Production and Its Glocal Dissemination," Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal, Ihsan Yilmaz explores unofficial ijtihads, micro-mujtahids, surfers on inter-madhhab, post-modern fragmentation of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Maryam Saeed discusses the constraints in Islamic insurance (takāful) and its impact on the performance of takāful operators in "Challenges of Islamic Insurance (Takaful) Globally," COMSATS Journal of Islamic Finance, 2019. (This … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Islamic law has official jurisdiction of operation in Egypt, where personal status laws regulate matters such as marriage, divorce, and child custody. Like many such countries, Egypt is trying to reform its … Continue reading In the News: Egypt Proposes Bill to Address Financial Questions of Climbing Divorce Rate
Hebrew University of Jerusalem scholars Morr Link and Yoram Haftel discuss the significance of domestic legal traditions, with a particular focus on states with Islamic law tradition, to international dispute settlement in "Islamic … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
This week’s issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "Multiplying Zeroes: (In)Validity of Promises in Marriage Contracts under Pakistani Case Law" by Muhammad Munir, International Islamic University, Islamabad - … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: September 25
Last summer, the Guardian reported on a legal proceeding in the United Kingdom that explored the extent to which UK law recognizes a marriage conducted according to Islamic law, yet unaccompanied by a … Continue reading Recent Developments in Muslim Marriages and Civil Laws
By Michael Kebede Introduction The Federal Courts of Sharia Consolidation Proclamation, enacted in 1999 by the House of People’s Representatives, reorganizes Ethiopia’s official sharīʿa courts to conform with the country’s … Continue reading Commentary :: Ethiopia’s 1999 Federal Courts of Sharia Consolidation Proclamation: The Function of the Sharīʿa Courts
By Waheeda Amien On August 31, 2018, the Western Cape High Court in South Africa handed down a groundbreaking judgment in the case of Women’s Legal Centre Trust v President … Continue reading Commentary :: Recognition and Regulation of Muslim Marriages in South Africa
India’s legislature has criminalized instant divorce (triple ṭalāq) through the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. This piece of legislation is a result of … Continue reading Commentary :: Criminalization of Triple Ṭalāq in India: A Dilemma for Religiously Divorced but Legally Married Muslim Women
