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In “The Status of Music in Islamic Law: Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī’s (d. 974/1567) Treatise Against Recreation in its Polemical Context” (Islamic Law and Society, March 6, 2024), Dr. Fitzroy Morrissey (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford) examines an Islamic legal treatise that “argues for the impermissibility of most musical activities on the… CONTINUE READING

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In “National Security in the Conditions of the Russia-Ukraine War: Legal Regulation and Islamic Law Perspectives” (Al-Ahkam 34, no. 1 (2024)), Oleh Shkuta (Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine) and others “describe the national security threatened by the Russia-Ukraine war and all its effects from the context of legal regulation and Islamic law.”… CONTINUE READING

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In “Fundamentals Of Contract Law In Islamic Law and Afghanistan Civil Law” (Shariahlex: Journal of Islamic Law and Legal Studies 1, no. 1 (2024)), Habiburrahman Rizapoor (Badakhsan University) “discuss[es] Sharia contracts, their definitions, types, permitted agreements, [and] prohibited agreements” in the context of Afghanistan. In “The Relationship Of Islamic Business Ethics With Muamalah Fiqh And Islamic… CONTINUE READING

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In “Contractual Issues in Islam” (Science & Society 1, no. 4 (2024)), Shahlo Fayzullayeva “explores the complex landscape of contractual issues within Islamic law, examining the foundational principles, legal frameworks, and contemporary challenges. Drawing upon Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and modern legal scholarship, it investigates various aspects such as forming contracts, contractual obligations, and resolving disputes.”… CONTINUE READING

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In “My Father, The Madrasah, and Me” (Zocalo Public Square, March 20, 2014), Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi reflects on his father and his own experience learning Islamic sciences (and Islamic law) in traditional madrasas in Nigera. In “Analysis of the Influence of Fiqh and Maqasid al-Syariah in the Formation of Islamic Legal Policy in Indonesia” (West… CONTINUE READING

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In “Real estate and business fixed assets in the early Islamic economy from a Zakah perspective” (International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, March 13, 2024), Zaid Al-Aifari, Mehmet Bulut and Monzer Kahf (Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University) “confirm the[ir] hypothesis that real estate for investment purposes and business fixed assets were quasi-non-existent during the lifetime of… CONTINUE READING

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In “Dynamics of Islamic Law in Indonesia During the Reformation Period” (Marga: Journal of Innovation and Creativity 1, no. 1 (2024)), Wildan Habib Azhari (Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia) and others explore the development of Islamic law in Indonesia’s history, with a focus on “opportunities and challenges for Islamic law amidst the plurality… CONTINUE READING

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In “Legitimating Sultanic Rule in Arabic, Turkish and Persian—Late Mamluk Rulers as Authors of Religious Poetry” (in Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World, eds., Maribel Fierro et al. (Brill, 2024)), Christian Mauder (Free University of Berlin) “outlines the multilingual poetic production of . . . Mamluk Sultans, explores the religious and political significance of… CONTINUE READING

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In “Thinking about the medieval state from a Moroccan perspective: Writing The Almoravid Maghrib” (ARC Humanities Press, February 16, 2024), Camilo Gómez-Rivas (University of California Santa Cruz), in elaborating how he authored his recent book, states that some of his motivating questions were: “Is the ninth century (the early Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad) really the… CONTINUE READING

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In “Islamic Law Review of the Dropshipping System” (Journal of Family Law and Islamic Court 2, no. 1 (2024)), Jusmaliah Jusmaliah and others “analyze the dropshipping system in the context of Islamic law, focusing on the challenges of uncertainty or gharar in the transaction and its conformity with the principles of muamalah.” In “A Bibliography… CONTINUE READING