By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Sometimes described as “the UK’s first female shari‘ah judge,” Amra Bone sits on the panel of the Shari‘ah Council of Birmingham Central Mosque, one … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 4 :: Amra Bone
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Musharraf Husain is an ‘alim and imām based in Nottingham, and one of the leading Muslim community representatives of the Midlands. Trained at Al-Azhar … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 3 :: Musharraf Husain
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Aina Khan is a London-based solicitor with expertise in international and Islamic family law, who runs her own legal practice in London. With three … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 2 :: Aina Khan
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Recent years have seen heated debate about the ability of modern, purportedly secular Western nations to accommodate the practice of Islamic norms of marriage and … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 1 :: Introduction
Last summer, the Guardian reported on a legal proceeding in the United Kingdom that explored the extent to which UK law recognizes a marriage conducted according to Islamic law, yet unaccompanied by a … Continue reading Recent Developments in Muslim Marriages and Civil Laws
This week’s issue of the Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: "The Limits of Liberal Inclusivity: How Defining Islamophobia Normalises Anti-Muslim Racism" by Rebecca Ruth Gould … Continue reading Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal: June 14th
Last week, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper published an interview (free registration may be required to read the full article) with Seyran Ates, who in 2017 established a mosque in Germany … Continue reading In the News: “Politicization” of Islamic Law in Europe
SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Mohammad Fadel has written an article in the most recent issue of the Journal of Islamic Ethics (available open-access here), discussing how states can incorporate sharīʿa into … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Fadel on Islamic Self-Government
In August, the SHARIAsourceBlog featured a roundtable discussion on the Akhter v. Khan case, concerning the legal status of Islamic marriages and divorces under UK law. The London School of … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Akhter v. Khan
Ralph Grillo, who wrote for the SHARIAsourceBlog in March regarding “The Independent Review into the application of Sharia law in England and Wales” by the UK Home Office, just published … Continue reading Islamic Law Scholarship Round Up: Oct 19th
