By Sohaib Baig In this essay, I reflect on the possibilities of analyzing metadata of Islamic manuscript collections to better understand Islamic legal history. This is inspired in general terms … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Islamic Legal History and the Blossoming Dataverse of Islamic Manuscripts
By Zahra Takhshid In the Oscar winning movie A Separation, Raziyeh, the caregiver of Nader’s father, picks up the phone from the convenience of Nader’s home and calls her marjaʿ taqlīd’s[1] … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: ChatGPT and the Marjaʿ
By Zubair Abbasi This essay evaluates the potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models—ChatGPT-4, Gemini, Co-Pilot, and DeepSeek—to apply the principles of Islamic inheritance law. Using a GenAI Evaluation Scale … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Augmented Learning: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Islamic Inheritance Law
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Inheritance Rights of Women in Islamic Family Law: Comparative Analysis Across Jurisdictions" (Journal of Islamic Family Law 1, no. 1 (2025)), Dwi Rayhan Sunandar … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Ezieddin Elmahjub Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, is poised to revolutionize how we approach and interact with Islamic jurisprudence. However, the varied … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: From Manuscripts to Digital Corpus: Structuring Islamic Data Sources for the Future of AI Jurisprudence
By Intisar Rabb This essay tests the latest AI models with questions of Islamic law research to see whether they can live up to their promise of providing reliable, accurate, … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: The Book and AI, Part 2: Testing AI Research Agents for Islamic Law
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Female Genital Mutilation Regulations In Indonesia: The International Law, Human Rights, and Islamic Law Perspectives" (Uti Possidetis: Journal of International Law 6, no. … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "This Muslim scholar wants to revive the ‘Judeo-Islamic tradition,’ starting with Moses" (Times of Israel, March 11, 2025), Zack Rothbart reviews Mustafa Akyol's (Cato … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Mairaj Syed If harnessed effectively, the introduction of LLMs has the potential to transform research in Islamic legal studies because of its unique ability to allow computers to go … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Knowledge, LLMs, and Open Source Communities in Islamic Legal Scholarship
By Intisar Rabb & Mairaj Syed The invention of the wheel, the printing press, and the internet itself swept over the world in torrents that shaped human interaction with each … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: The Book and AI: How Artificial Intelligence is and is not Changing Islamic Law
