By Kristina L. Richardson For centuries the Sunnī Mālikī madhhab has predominated among Muslims of northern and western Africa, but before the 12th century, Shīʿī, Khārijī, and Ibāḍī legal schools … Continue reading Ibāḍism in the Medieval Sahel
Heterodoxy Among Muslim Judges: On Attempts at Jokes and Judicial Constraints
Guest contributor Maribel Fierro examines a scene of heterodoxy in the recently published English translation of The Ultimate Ambition. Translated from Arabic into English for the first time in full by Elias Muhanna … Continue reading Heterodoxy Among Muslim Judges: On Attempts at Jokes and Judicial Constraints