ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Islamic Republic [of Iran] has hanged a second protester in less than a week in public on Monday after charging him with killing two … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In "Judicial Crisis in Damascus on the Eve of Baybars’s Reform: The Case of the Minor Orphan Girl (651–55/1253–57)" (Islamic Law and Society (March 23, … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS An Islamic scholar, Irshad Ahmed Ijaz, stated at an Islamic seminar held in Pakistan that digital currencies should not be considered fictitious, but rather legitimate … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Legal Diversity at the Late Mamlūk Court
By Christian Mauder This is part one in a series of four posts on legal culture at the late Mamlūk court. Many students of Islamic history are fascinated by the … Continue reading Legal Diversity at the Late Mamlūk Court
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Islamic Law in the News: Nailah Dean, writer and activist, has introduced her "ISMS Project," comprising a series of images to demonstrate what she terms the "Muslim Marriage Crisis" in … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
A California Court of Appeals refused to apply Iranian law in a case involving a plaintiff whose work in Iran exposed him to high levels of asbestos, reasoning that Iranian law … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
The rejected plan for the Muslim call to prayer to be broadcast via loudspeakers from Peterborough's (UK) mosque will be reconsidered, after it was revealed that the city council website … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Pluralistic Methodologies in Islamic Legal Historiography
By Metin M. Coşgel (University of Connecticut) & Boğaç A. Ergene (University of Vermont) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, … Continue reading Pluralistic Methodologies in Islamic Legal Historiography
Studying a Lived Law: An Interview with Yossef Rapoport
This interview was conducted by Omar Abdel-Ghaffar (Harvard University, PhD student). This interview is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar … Continue reading Studying a Lived Law: An Interview with Yossef Rapoport
Al-Qarāfī on the Importance of Legal Maxims and Distinctions in Jurisprudence
By Mariam Sheibani Source: Al-Qarāfī, Shihāb al-Dīn. Kitāb al-furūq aw Anwār al-burūq fī anwāʾ al-furūq. 3rd ed. Edited by Muḥammad Sarrāj and ʿAlī Jumuʿa. 2 vols. Cairo: Dār al-Salām, 2010. General … Continue reading Al-Qarāfī on the Importance of Legal Maxims and Distinctions in Jurisprudence