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.
Come learn about CMES, its programs, and events. Refreshments will be served.
Editors: Holly Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen, & Elizabeth Sepper Moderator: Intisar Rabb Panelists: Glenn Cohen, Liz Sepper, and Diane Moore. A panel of scholars, will discuss a recently published book on the intersection of law, religion, and health. Sponsored by the HLS Library.
Alex Metcalfe, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Lancaster University, UK Dr. Metcalfe will discuss part of his research on the Islamic world in the Mediterranean basin. Presented by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Professor of Law, NYU Law School Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School Ziba Mir-Hosseini, a leading scholar of Islamic feminism, will discuss the emerging reformist and feminist voices in Islam and their potential in challenging the long-established classical interpretations of Shari’a and rethinking their underlying patriarchal ethical values and norms, with a particular … Continue reading LUNCH DISCUSSION :: Feminist Voices in Islam: Rethinking Patriarchal Ethics
