Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Faculty Director, SHARIAsource. Organized as a Part of the Middle East Seminar by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
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.
