Week of Events
Call for Papers: Matrilineal Muslims and Islamic Law in the Indian Ocean Littoral
Customizing the Sharia: Matrilineal Muslims and Islamic Law in the Indian Ocean Littoral International Conference Ashoka University, New Delhi 27-29 August 2019 in collaboration with InterAsia Program, Social Science Research Council, New York & HERA-Project: “Understanding Sharia: Past Perfect, Imperfect Present” University of Exeter (United Kingdom), Leiden University (the Netherlands), Gottingen University (Germany), and Bergen … Continue reading Call for Papers: Matrilineal Muslims and Islamic Law in the Indian Ocean Littoral
Stanford Book Talk: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought
Stanford Book Talk: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought
Book talk for Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought by Andrew March (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Comments by Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto Faculty of Law). Modern Islamic political thought is quintessentially characterized by the commitment to divine sovereignty in politics and legislation. But, even in the most theocratic of Islamist thinkers there … Continue reading Stanford Book Talk: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought