Timur Kuran (Duke University) published a new book titled Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2023) in which he argues that Islamic law’s entanglement with political authority contributed to the current state of democracy in the Middle East.
“Professor Mohammad H. Fadel [University of Toronto] who has published numerous articles in Islamic legal history and Islam and liberalism, and teaches in areas including business law, securities regulation and Islamic law, [has recently published] of Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Law, and Modernity: Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies (Lockwood Press, 2023).” Omar Abdel-Ghaffar, Student Editor at the… CONTINUE READING
MESA Global Academy alumnus Dr. Utku Balaban (Xavier University) did a “Twitter takeover” for Middle East Report and Information Project (MERIP) on May 13, 2023, in which he tweeted extensively on the Turkish elections. MESA Global Academy scholar Dr. Haroun Rahimi (American University of Afghanistan) wrote on “Islamic Law, the Taliban, and the Modern State”… CONTINUE READING
Mathieu Tillier (Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) was interviewed by Khaleej Times on his recent book, The Invention of the Cadi: Justice among Muslims, Jews, and Christians during the First Centuries of Islam, which has won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award.
