The Islamic Law Blog publishes weekly roundups to keep our followers abreast of the latest news, developments and scholarship relating to Islamic law.
To that end, we offer five weekly roundups:
(1) Islamic Law in the News Roundup: a summary of developments in Islamic law from across the globe.
(2) Weekend Scholarship Roundup: a list of newly-published scholarship on all subjects relating to Islamic law, ranging from books and articles to shorter opinion pieces and other audio-visual mediums.
(3) Islam and Data Science Roundup: a list of scholarship, surveys, statistical studies, and other material that employ data science on any matter pertaining to Islam and Islamic law.
(4) Field Guide to Islamic Law Online: a weekly list introducing two online resources of Islamic law, ranging from e-archives to e-libraries, from digitized personal collections to online depositories of first and secondary sources on Islamic law.
(5) COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup: a list of recent COVID-19-related developments in Muslim-majority countries and among Islamic communities. Related to this particular roundup is our Mapping COVID-19 Fatwās project, which compiles and discusses various Islamic legal opinions issued all across the globe on the pandemic and how Muslims ought to conduct themselves in the fight against it.
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta, founded in 1895...celebrates its 130th anniversary" this week. The organization is also "preparing for the Second International Symposium of the General Secretariat … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Arabica 74, no. 4–5 is a special issue coordinated by recent Islamic Law Blog guest editors Eirik Hovden (University of Bergen) and Mahmood Kooria (University of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Syrian Justice Minister Dr. Mazhar al-Wais said in an interview with The Media Line that coordination between the Syrian state and the US-led international coalition … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Relative Lenience or Strictness of the Sunni Schools of Law" (Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta), Christopher Melchert (University of Oxford) examines "al-Mīzān," a "survey of agreements … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "A state-level workshop on the protection of Waqf properties was held at the KMDC Bhavan [Karnataka Minority Development Corporation] in Bengaluru [India], where religious leaders, … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Impaired Foundations, Perduring Law: The Meaning and Aims of Māwardī’s al-Aḥkām al-sulṭāniyya” (Islamic Law and Society), Daniel Lav (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) notes that … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel, chairman of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development (ICCD), affirmed that the halal economy has become a strategic pillar in … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Spaces for Women in Mosques: Past, Present and Future" (Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture), Bernard O’Kane (American University in Cairo) "explores first the historical … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Shaykh Ahmad Gumi, Mufti of the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna, Nigeria, "has urged Islamic judges and clerics to ensure that women suffering from domestic … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Ottoman Justice and Political Economy of Empires: Venetian Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Courts” (Comparative Studies in Society and History), Tommaso Stefini (Sabancı Üniversitesi) “examines … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
