A weekly list introducing two online resources of Islamic law, ranging from e-archives to e-libraries, from digitized personal collections to online depositories of first and secondary sources on Islamic law
LSEG Data & Analytics: Islamic market data “cover[s] all major Sharia-compliant asset classes, Islamic indices and funds, and an exclusive Islamic finance database.”
MideastWire offers English speakers “a daily menu of translations covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries and the Arab Diaspora.”
The Directory of Free Arab Journals (DFAJ), as described by the Library of Congress, is “the first directory of free online scholarly full text journals published in the Arab world. Included are journals covering all branches of human knowledge published by various scientific and academic bodies in 17 Arab countries. In Arabic, English, and French.”… CONTINUE READING
Al-Hadees is an “Islamic encyclopedia, a complete comprehensive Quran & Hadith Search Engine under the supervision of Jamia Masjid Mohammed Ahmad offering complete Al-Quran with 27 Translations, 11 Tafaseer & Words by Words Translation, 13 Books on Ahadees of Nabi ﷺ with complete authentic data.”
The caselaw database of the Islamabad High Court provides a searchable repository of cases decided by the Islamabad High Court (Pakistan), including those relating to Islamic law.
The Hadith Database Project by the Academy of Islam provides a searchable database of Prophetic sayings. The database has over 35,000 “Shi`i Islamic Hadith from available translations online and in print from renown[ed] primary sources.”
Glossary of Islamic Finance by the Islamic Economic Project lists a collection of terms commonly used in Islamic finance discourse that aims to provide short and accessible definitions and summaries.
The Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index “measures the performance of stocks traded globally that pass rules-based screens for adher[e]nce to Shari’ah investment guidelines.”