A place where scholars gather around to discuss and debate new questions in Islamic law, virtually. For our series of Roundtables and Symposia, the Islamic Law Blog invites leading scholars and experts on Islamic law to debate new questions, cases, debates that arise all over the world. Their perspectives add nuanced views of multiple sides of the issues.
Below are the roundtables we have hosted so far, in reverse chronological order:
• 2025 Roundtable: AI and Islamic law (convened by Intisar Rabb & Mairaj Syed) Islamic Law Blog (Mar. 2025) [Essays]
• 2024 Roundtable: Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States (convened by Fatma Gül Karagöz) Islamic Law Blog (Feb. 2024) [Essays] [Webinar Video]
• 2022 Roundtable: The History of Islamic International Law (convened by Intisar Rabb & Umut Özsu) Islamic Law Blog (Dec. 2022) [Foreward] [Conclusion] [Webinar Video]
• 2021 Roundtable: On Islamic Legal Genres (convened by Necmettin Kizilkaya & Hakki Arslan), Islamic Law Blog (Dec. 2021)
[Monthly Lecture Summaries] [Webinar Videos]
• 2020 Roundtable: Islamic Legal History and Historiography (convened by Intisar Rabb & Mariam Sheibani), Islamic Law Blog (Dec. 2020–Feb. 2021) [Essays] [Webinar Video]
• 2020 Special Roundtable on Covid 19: Pandemics in Islamic Law and History (convened by staff editors), Islamic Law Blog (May 2020) [Essays]
• 2019 Roundtable: al-Muwaṭṭaʾ by Mālik b. Anas, A New Translation of the Royal Moroccan Edition, ed. Mohammad Fadel and Connell Monette (PIL/Harvard University Press 2019) (convened by Intisar Rabb & Dana Lee), Islamic Law Blog (Dec. 2019)
[Essays] [Webinar Video, pt. 1] [Webinar Video, pt. 2]
• 2019 Special Roundtable: Tunisian Inheritance Law Reform (convened by Katarzyna Sidło and staff editors), Islamic Law Blog (May 2019) [Select Essays]
• 2018 Roundtable: Islamic Family Law in the UK: Akhter v. Khan (July 2018) (convened with staff editors), Islamic Law Blog (Aug. 2018) [Essays]
By Fatma Gül Karagöz* In 1831, Halil Bey and his brothers sold a plot of land in Attica to Count Baggiari, an Italian, therefore at that time a subject of … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: When Ottoman Land Law became Greek Law: The case of a land sale in Attica
By Fatma Gül Karagöz* What happens to land and property relations when a new administration obtains the dominion of a territory? I became interested in this question a couple of … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States
By Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu, with contributions from Hadi Qazwini On November 1, 2022, Professors Intisar Rabb (Harvard University) and Umut Özsu (Carleton University) convened a live Roundtable webinar that … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Looking Back and Looking Forward: Conclusion to the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law”
Summarized by Rami Koujah This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Malika Dekkiche's contribution titled "Diplomacy in the … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Diplomacy in the Medieval Islamic World” by Malika Dekkiche
Summarized by Hadi Qazwini This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Will Smiley and Aimee Genell's and contribution … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Ottoman Empire: War and Peace” by Will Smiley and Aimee Genell
Summarized by Rami Koujah This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Mathieu Tillier's contribution titled "Dispute Settlement in … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Dispute Settlement in the Medieval Islamic World” by Mathieu Tillier
Summarized by Hadi Qazwini This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Fahad A. Bishara's contribution titled "Markets and … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Markets and the Making of the Islamic World” by Fahad A. Bishara
By Mohammad Fadel This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Mohammad Fadel's contribution titled "An Overview of Islamic … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “An Overview of Islamic International Law” by Mohammad Fadel
By Adnan A. Zulfiqar This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Adnan A. Zulfiqar's contribution titled "Territory and … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Territory and Jurisdiction” by Adnan A. Zulfiqar
By Suleiman Mourad This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Suleiman Mourad's contribution titled "War and Peace in … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “War and Peace in the Medieval Islamic World, 622–1453” by Suleiman A. Mourad
