Islamic Law Scholarship Roundup

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In Islam and Democracy in the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dr. Tauseef Ahmad Parray (Higher Education Department, Jammu & Kashmir, India) “provides an assessment of some operational key concepts/institutions of democracy in Islam, including ‘Shura’ (mutual consultation), ‘Bay’ah’ (oath of allegiance), and ‘Mithaq al-Medina’ (the constitution of Medina).” In Female Madrasas in Pakistan:… CONTINUE READING

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In Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought (Columbia University Press, 2023), Hayrettin Yücesoy (Saint Louis University) argues that “the ulema’s discourse of religious governance and the political thought of lay intellectuals diverged during this foundational period, with enduring consequences.” In “The Contribution of the Islamic and Social Banks to… CONTINUE READING

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In “Religious Authority in Islamic Law: A Debate on Conservative and Progressive Methods” (Afkaruna 19, no. 1 (2023)), Alif Rizky Ramadhan and Ai Fatimah Nur Fuad (University of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia) juxtapose and discuss two approaches to understanding Islamic law, which they describe as “conservative” and “progressive,” arguing that the former is more collective while the… CONTINUE READING

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In “The Doctrine of Due Process in Islamic Law: An Introduction” (SSRN, August 3, 2023), Amr Ibn Munir (International Islamic University, Islamabad) “examines the role and place of the doctrine of due process in Islamic legal system” and asks, “What is the Shariah’s perspective of the due process doctrine?” In “Aborting a malformed fetus in… CONTINUE READING

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In “Islamic commercial arbitration and private international law: mapping controversies and exploring pathways towards greater coordination” (Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10 (2023)), Mohammed El Hadi El Maknouzi (University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) and others “map[] the main fault lines between the concerns for Shari’ah compliance, which are central to Islamic commercial arbitration and… CONTINUE READING

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In “Islamic Law as Hermeneutic: Developments within Traditionalist Islam in Indonesia” (Southwestern Journal of International Law 29 (2023)), Mark Cammack (Southwestern Law School) “explores the seemingly anomalous circumstance that a large share of Indonesia’s most capable scholars and the country’s most progressive interpreters of Islamic law come from a traditionalist educational background focused on the… CONTINUE READING

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Adnan Zulfiqar‘s (Rutgers Law School) “The Immorality of Incarceration: Between Jāvēd Aḥmad Ghāmidī and Angela Y. Davis” (Journal of Islamic Law 3, no. 1 (2022)) has been translated into Arabic by Gaber Mohamed. In “A Secret Marriage and Denied Rights: A Critique from an Islamic Law Perspective” (Religions 14, no. 4 (2023)), Tuba Erkoc Baydar… CONTINUE READING

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In “Unveiling the Silenced Suffering of Women in Afghanistan: a Multi-Dimensional Analysis” (Journal on Vulnerable Community Development 1, no. 1 (2023)), Kavitha L. (University of Mysore) and Mohammad Edris Abdurahimzai (Department of Computer Science, University of Mysore) argue that “[t]he state should ensure equal access to education for women and girls, aligning with Islam and… CONTINUE READING

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In “Law, Society, and Religion: Islam and the West” (U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-28), Paolo Davide Farah (University of Pittsburgh) observes that “Islam is one of those that holds a great importance; it constitutes the world’s fastest growing religion, and it creates social and political rules that regulate its followers’ conduct.”… CONTINUE READING

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Family Law and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Change and Stasis since the Arab Spring (Cambridge University Press, 2023), edited by Adrien K. Wing (University of Iowa) and Hisham A. Kassim (Kassim Legal, PLLC), serves as reference point for anyone interested in the Middle East and North Africa as well as for… CONTINUE READING