SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Muslim Women and Islamic Family Law: Lived Experiences in Britain (Routledge, 2025), Islam Uddin "provides an empirical study of the practice of Islamic family … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "A court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province found two men guilty of sexual relations today and sentenced them to be publicly flogged, an official said." … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Honoring JURIST’s Publisher Emeritus: Championing Comparative and International Law and a Legacy of Legal Insight" (Jurist, February 20, 2025), Mohamed 'Arafa (Alexandria University Faculty … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, Malaysia's Islamic affairs minister, recently clarified that "[p]ublic caning for Shariah offences is carried out outside the confines of prison in … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Legal Sanctions for Child Rape in Indonesia: A Comparative Study of National Law and Islamic Criminal Law" (Al Risalah: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah Dan Hukum … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The Aga Khan IV, the leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, passed away earlier this month. The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2024), edited by Edmund Hayes and Petra M. Sijpesteijn (Leiden University), poses one … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The BBC recently reported that a leading U.S. doctor has called for cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages. Similarly, in 2026, Ireland will become the … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Confronting Antisemitism in the Muslim World" (Law & Liberty, January 31, 2025) Jeffrey Bristol reviews Mustafa Akyol's The Islamic Moses for Law & Liberty … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Responding to international criticism, "Abdul Hakim Sharaee, the acting minister of justice [in Afghanistan], has stated that the Islamic Emirate's mission is not to convince … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
