ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has introduced new restrictions on Afghan women, mandating that they refrain from performing … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "De-Europeanisation as Counter-conduct: The Case of Non-Muslim Religious Minorities in Turkey" (Romanian Journal of International Affairs 22, no. 2 (2022)), Serap Gunes (Masaryk University) … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In "Maldives-Middle East Connections" (Middle East Institute, September 20, 2022), Michael B. Bishku (Augusta University) provides a primer on the Maldives and the country's engagement … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In an interview with the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Adnan Zulfiqar (Rutgers Law School) discussed his background and interest in Islamic law, including … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
A Reuters investigation of Indonesia's banking and finance sector revealed that an increasing number of Muslims employed in that sector are "quitting traditional banks" citing concerns of incompatibility with Islamic … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Last week, the Maldivian parliament received an emergency motion against the appointment of two female judges to the Supreme Court. As further elaborated in SHARIAsource’s Country Profile, the Maldives’ Constitution … Continue reading In the News: Maldives
This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Maldives (Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa), based on research produced by the Library of Congress. Under the Maldives' … Continue reading Country Profile: Maldives
