events in Islamic legal studies

Event Summary: This symposium focuses on relationship breakdown where there is no state recognised marriage. This may include couples in a religious-only marriage, those whose ceremony was conducted by a non-religious belief organisation, those who are cohabiting, or a range of other relationship types which fall outside of the ambit of a state recognised marriage.  … Continue reading UK Family Law Conference: “Relationship Breakdown: Informal and Legal Solutions”

Criminal Law Developments in the Muslim-Majority Countries in the Light of Interaction between Shari’a and Law In response to a complex of internal and international factors, the judicial and legal structures of Muslim majority countries have changed drastically in the recent decades. Importantly, the experience of modern criminal law in the context of constitutional making … Continue reading Conference: Criminal Law Developments in Muslim-Majority Countries

BRAIS 2019The Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies Monday 15th - Tuesday 16th April 2019  Teaching and Learning Building, University Park, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD   REGISTRATION FOR BRAIS 2019 IS NOW OPEN. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.   PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME   All panels and plenaries will take place in the Teaching and … Continue reading Registration Deadline for British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) 2019 Conference

In Muslim minority contexts, particularly in the UK and Europe, some of the prevalent discourses on religious-only Muslim marriages share an underlying assumption of a homogenous, legally recognised and culturally streamlined form of Muslim marriages found in Muslim majority contexts. However, this depiction does not represent the diverse and plural lived experiences of how Muslim … Continue reading Muslim Marriages: Plurality of Norms and Practices