SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Khairudin Aljunied (Georgetown University) reviews Mahmood Kooria's Islamic Law in Circulation: Shāfiʿī Texts across the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean (Cambridge University Press, 2022). In "The … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Aaron Spevack Source: http://www.dar-alifta.org/Foreign/ViewFatwa.aspx?ID=5912&text=working%20in%20banks This fatwā listed on Dār al-Iftā'’s website - the official fatwa institution of Egypt and connected with scholars of al-Azhar - deals with the question … Continue reading Dār al-Iftā’ Fatwā: Working in Banks
To fund construction for a new building without violating Islamic law's prohibition against interest, the Islamic Center of Nashville (ICN) entered into an ijāra agreement with Devon Bank; the bank created a … Continue reading Islamic Center of Nashville v. State of Tennessee (6th Cir. 2017): Ijāra Financing Cancels Real Estate Tax Exemption for Financed Property
U.S. Editor Abed Awad examines the implications of the 6th Circuit's decision in September regarding the financing of an Islamic Center through ijāra. Case: Islamic Center of Nashville v. Tennessee, … Continue reading Islamic Center of Nashville: Ijāra Financing Cancels Religious Tax Exemption for Financed Property
