Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Beyond the Secular Binary: Bargaining with God in Modern Constitutions" (International Society of Public Law Blog), Ali Shirvani (Northwest University) observes that "few questions … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law "John Tolan’s Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present (Princeton University Press) offers a sweeping account of Islam’s evolution, highlighting influential figures, sectarian … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Slavery and the Shaping of the Muslim Family (De Gruyter), Cristina de la Puente (Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo), Karen Moukheiber (University … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In an episode of Unlocking Academia, "host Raja Aderdor speaks with Dr. Mutaz Al-Khatib, Associate Professor at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics and … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Roots And Persistence Of Terengganu’s Hardline Approach To Islamic Law" (Eurasia Review), Mohd Faizal Musa (ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute) observes that "the Muslim … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Contesting the Zaydi Political Tradition in Early Modern Yemen: an Edition of Imam Yaḥyā Sharaf al-Dīn’s Will of 18 Ramadan 933/27 June 1527" (Shii … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Succession to the Prophet in Zaydi Theology: An Editio Princeps of a Treatise on the Imamate from the Early Sixth/Twelfth Century" (Shii Studies … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Radio ReOrient interviewed Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California) about The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press), which "provocatively challenges the assumption that the secular is … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "What Do Sources Say about Agricultural Slavery (and Why Don’t They Say More)? A Study on Legal Sources for Early Islamic Ifrīqiya" (Journal of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Jadaliyya interviewed Rosemary Admiral (University of Texas at Dallas) about Living Law: Women and Legality in Marinid Morocco (Syracuse University Press), "a history of how … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup