Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Qasim Rasool Ilyas, a founder-member of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board of India, is reported to have “ma[de] an unprecedented outreach on behalf of the board to Christians, Sikhs, and tribal leaders to join forces against the proposed Uniform Civil Code.” “President William Ruto [of Kenya] has launched the country’s first shariah-compliant bond, the… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “The Transformation of Islamic Property and Evidentiary Law in Colonial-era Morocco: The Case of Shuf’a as Préemption” (Die Welt des Islams, July 31, 2024), Ari Schriber (Utrecht University) “argues that evidence and procedure are critical to understanding Islamic law’s encounter with the colonial state.” In “Nikah-Halala in India: Practice, Precept, and Perception” (Legal Transformation… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Sedigheh Vasmaghi, an Islamic scholar and religious researcher, has criticized Iran‘s use of archaic legal terms to issue death sentences for protesters. In a recent audio statement, she said, ‘The lives of thousands in the Islamic Republic are threatened by terms like “moharebeh” (waging war against God) and “ifsad fil-arz” (corruption on earth), which are… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Islamic Revivalism: Dynamics of Islamic Parties in Legalizing Islamic Law Policies in Indonesia and Malaysia” (Al Istinbath: Jurnal Hukum Islam 9, no. 1 (2024)), Siti Malaiha Dewi and others “explore how Islamic parties have attempted to legalize Islamic law in both countries over the past three decades.” In “The ignored heritage of Western law:… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The 2024 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Conference of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, held this past spring at UCLA, brought together a host of scholars to discuss recent scholarship on the early history and development of Arabic, Arab identity and early scriptural and legal discourses.”  Our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb “explored the interplay between… CONTINUE READING

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2024), Sherman A. Jackson (University of Southern California) argues that “‘Religion,’ in Islam was not identical to Islam’s ‘sacred law,’ or ‘shari’ah.’ Nor did classical Muslim jurists see shari’ah as the all-encompassing, exclusive means of determining what is ‘Islamic.'” In “Status of Women in Modern Family and Personal… CONTINUE READING

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Women’s Rights and Duties in Classical Legal Literature” (in The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Women (Oxford University Press, 2024)), Mariam Sheibani (Brandeis University) “examines women’s rights and obligations pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance in classical legal literature (8th to 18th century CE). It summarizes the classical doctrines on these topics according to… CONTINUE READING