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In “Malaysia federal court declares Kelantan state Shariah laws unconstitutional” (Jurist, February 11, 2024), Salma Ben Souissi (The University of Law, GB) analyzes the recent decision by the Federal Court of Malaysia that declared various sharī’a laws enacted by the state of Kelantan unconstitutional. In “Islamic Law in the Development of Indonesian Law” (Educational Journal… CONTINUE READING

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In “Sharia and Human Rights Law in the Constitutional Framework of Gulf States” (Human Rights Quarterly 46, no. 1 (2024)), Eleni Polymenopoulou (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) “discusses the extent to which the Sharia and human rights are intermingled in the constitutional architecture of Gulf countries[.]” In “An Appraisal of the Nature of Islamic Criminal Procedure: Whether… CONTINUE READING

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In “Changes in Islamic Legal Culture in Customary Marriage at Uluan Musi Community” (Journal of Population and Social Studies 32 (2024)), Syahril Jamil (Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang, Indonesia) and others explore how marriage in the Uluan Musi community in Indonesia is regulated by the interlocking Islamic, national, and customary laws. In “Critical Study… CONTINUE READING

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In “The Urgency of Reforming Marriage Laws and Compilation of Islamic Law Entering the 5.0 Era” (KnowledgeE (2024)), Fathul Mu’in (State Islamic University of Raden Intan Lampung, Indonesia) and others urge legislators to update Indonesia’s marriage laws in areas including, but not limited to, the minimum marriage age,  the role of the guardian in the… CONTINUE READING

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In “Analysis of the Islamic Law and its Compatibility with Artificial Intelligence as a Emerging Challenge of the Modern World” (Annals of Human and Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (2024)), Shabana Kausar (Dada Bhoye Institute of Higher Education Karachi ) and others “explore[] the complexities surrounding Islamic law and the challenges it encounters in the… CONTINUE READING

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In “Religious Policy of the Mamluk Sultan Baybars (1260–1277 AC)” (Religions 14, no. 11 (2023)), Hatim Muhammad Mahamid (Academic College for Teacher Education, The College of Sakhnin, Sakhnin 3081000, Israel) “focuses on the religious policy of the Mamluk Sultan Rukn al-Din Baybars (d. 1277), and its application throughout his rule in Egypt and Syria (Bilād… CONTINUE READING

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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 Role Of Islamic Banks In Improving The Indonesian Economy” (International Journal of Education, Vocational and Social Science 3, no. 1 (2024)) Tiffani Tiffani (UIN Imam Bonjol Padang, Indonesia) and others… CONTINUE READING

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Zak Leonard reviews Elizabeth Lhost‘s (UCLA) Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022) in the Journal of Church & State. In “Abū Yaʿrub al-Marzūqī and His Critique of the maqāṣid theory” (Religions 14, no. 9 (2023)), Abdessamad Belhaj (Institute of Religion and Society, University… CONTINUE READING

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In “Philanthropy in Practice: Role of Zakat in the Realization of Justice and Economic Growth” (International Journal of Zakat, December 19, 2023), Bilal Ahmad Malik (University of Kashmir) argues that “[t]he entire economic scheme developed under the guiding principles of Shari’ah (Islamic Law) envisages an internally balanced system of economy that neither accepts capitalism nor… CONTINUE READING

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In “Islamic Law and Colonialism” (in Cambridge Companion to Islamic Law, Cambridge University Press, under review), Rabiat Akande (Osgoode School of Law) and Halimat Adeniran (Osun State University) argue that colonialism and the ensuing centralization of the nation state in Muslim polities resulted in what they call “fiqh monism.” In “Problems of the Global Economic… CONTINUE READING