By Omar Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar This is a summary of the lecture by Prof. Maribel Fierro entitled “Fatāwā Compilations: Exploring a legal genre in the Islamic West,” delivered on June 30, … Continue reading Monthly Lectures on Islamic Legal Genres: “Fatāwā Compilations: Exploring a legal genre in the Islamic West” by Prof. Maribel Fierro
In "Immunity, Independence and Accountability of Judges: An Islamic Law Perspective" (Majallah-yi Talim o Tahqiq 3, no. 2 April-June (2021)), Muhammad Munir (International Islamic University, Islamabad) discusses the concept of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Nurfadzilah Yahaya Two phenomena struck me as particularly incongruous while researching for my book Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast and plagued me throughout the process of … Continue reading What does Equality Mean in the Colonies?
By Nurfadzilah Yahaya In my book, Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia (Cornell University Press, 2020), I demonstrate how colonialism embodies a contradiction; in a sense, colonial … Continue reading Ṭalāq in the Colonies – Constraints on Colonial Judiciary
Ahmadullah, a prominent Muslim cleric from Bangladesh, issued a fatwā stating that using the laughing emoji to mock people is forbidden under Islamic law. Muslim women in Kenya have lobbied … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
In "Peace to those of Faith: Political Affiliation and Belonging in Classical Islamic Thought" (Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa 2021), Omar Farahat (McGill University … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Nada Moumtaz In the numerous small foundations that form the bulk of waqfs in Beirut in the nineteenth century, waqf, I suggested in my previous post, was the material … Continue reading Waqf and the Modern State, Capitalism, and the Private Property Regime
The Kerala High Court (India) recently overturned a decades-long precedent that had prohibited Muslim women from divorcing their husbands without judicial intervention. In its new decision, the Court noted that … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
By Nada Moumtaz In my book, God’s Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State, I seek to explain the contours of the contemporary waqf revival in Beirut against a longue … Continue reading Late Ottoman Beiruti Waqfs: Closeness to God (Qurba) and Charity for the Family
By Nada Moumtaz Waqf (Islamic endowment), and its study, cannot leave a scholar of Islam unmoved, it would seem. For those not working on waqf, its complex legal technicalities instigate … Continue reading Calling All Waqf Haters
