Ahmed El Shamsy, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School will delve into the seemingly frivolous issue of male grooming practices to shed light on how the early Muslim community positioned itself and its law vis-a-vis the Jews and Jewish law. Ahmed El Shamsy (PhD Harvard, 2009) is an associate professor of Islamic thought at the … Continue reading ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Hair and Identity in Islamic and Jewish Law: Uncovering an Unlikely Link

The universality and coherence of modern international is increasingly challenged by technical fragmentation and identity-driven claims to particularity. This talk critically examines both the historical contribution of Islamic law to the regulation of international relations and whether relations with and between Islamic nations are in fact different. How to meet the justified demand for greater … Continue reading ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Islamic Challenges to the Universality of International Law

Ebrahim Afsah, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School, will discuss his current research on a structured comparison between waqf and the Western institution of landed trust and the implications for Islamic administrative and public law. Mediterranean lunch will be served.