ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The committee studying the conflicts between shariah laws and the Federal Constitution [of Malaysia] should include non-Muslim constitutional experts, Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham said." … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
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 Ovamir Anjum Murder is afoot, and modernity stands accused. The victim is the Sharīʿa, and the autopsy is grim: temporal lacerations, institutional mutilations, a missing heart. Not merely a … Continue reading The Endangered Sharīʿa
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "[T]he U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva reportedly confirmed that 'anecdotal evidence' about [Afghan] girls being permitted to attend Islamic schools was mounting, [along with] worried … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law 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 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Yavuz Aykan This is the fourth essay in a series of four essays on "Why the Ottoman fiqh? Reading Ḥanafī jurisprudence in its historical longue durée." In my previous essay, I have … Continue reading Madhhab as Law
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The United States and human rights defenders [...] renewed a call for Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to allow female students to return to universities and ensure … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law 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 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Yavuz Aykan This is the third essay in a series of four essays on "Why the Ottoman fiqh? Reading Ḥanafī jurisprudence in its historical longue durée." In my second essay, I described … Continue reading Modest Yet Crucial: The Work of a Provincial Muftī
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law 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 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
