Come learn about the Islamic Legal Studies Program & SHARIAsource, which offers content and context on Islamic law. SHARIAsource features a portal built in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Meet the faculty, staff, and fellows involved in the project—and see how you can be involved. Brief remarks at 3:15p. Light … Continue reading SHARIASOURCE OPEN HOUSE
Mubasher Hussain, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School Mubasher Hussain will discuss scholar-jurists’ views on the options for marriage dissolution available to Muslim women in Pakistan. This talk will explore the arguments in favor of women-initiated divorce, as articulated in several recent leading advisory opinions (fatwās) from certain textualist jurists in Pakistan.
Come see the film screening of the 2011 movie A Separation—about marriage, divorce, crime, and regret—directed by Oscar Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi (for the Salesman, 2017). A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to do so. It also won the Golden Globe for Best … Continue reading ILSP FILM SCREENING :: A SEPARATION
Dawood Ahmed, SJD Candidate, University of Chicago Dawood Ahmed will discuss his work on comparative Islamic constitutionalism.
Dawood Ahmed, Comparative Constitutions Project, University of Chicago Law School For Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to [email protected] for room location and paper.
Ahmed El Shamsy, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School The publication of al-Shāfiʿī’s (d. 204/820) multivolume magnum opus, al-Umm, in 1903-7 opened a window into early Islamic legal thought and provided the basis for all subsequent historiography of Islamic law. However, the work's publication was anything but inevitable: though it is today considered a … Continue reading ILSP LUNCH TALK :: RESURRECTING THE ANCIENT JURISTS IN PRINT
Maliheh Zare, SJD Candidate, NYU Law School For Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to [email protected] for room location and paper.
Clark Lombardi, Professor of Law; University of Washington School of Law For Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to [email protected] for room location and paper.
Seval Yildirim, Visiting Researcher, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School Professor Yildirim will discuss her work-in-progress exploring the legal construction of Muslim identity through a study of U.S. court cases dating back to the 19th century. The paper identifies three distinct typologies of how courts have defined Muslim identity and the broader political and normative implications … Continue reading ILSP LUNCH TALK :: THE M WORD: LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF MUSLIM IDENTITY IN THE U.S.
Seval Yildirim, Visiting Researcher, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School For Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to [email protected] for room location and paper.
