Welcome to our March Guest Blogger: Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants

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The essays for this month arise from a seminar on Arabic philology taught by Professor Ahmed El Shamsy at the University of Chicago. Each essay is jointly authored by Professor … Continue reading Welcome to our March Guest Blogger: Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Following King Mohammed VI‘s public statement regarding legal reform, Morocco has been reported to be working on significant family law reform, with ongoing controversies on whether the new amendments would decriminalize adultery currently subject to imprisonment. “The Taliban administration in Afghanistan executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in the eastern region… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Thinking about the medieval state from a Moroccan perspective: Writing The Almoravid Maghrib” (ARC Humanities Press, February 16, 2024), Camilo Gómez-Rivas (University of California Santa Cruz), in elaborating how he authored his recent book, states that some of his motivating questions were: “Is the ninth century (the early Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad) really the… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Pakistan has pledged to become fully sharia-compliant in its banking services by December 2027, but still has a long way to go to create a banking sector that provides the services its customers want.” “The Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano say they have arrested a popular female TikToker for posting ‘indecent and… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Islamic Law Review of the Dropshipping System” (Journal of Family Law and Islamic Court 2, no. 1 (2024)), Jusmaliah Jusmaliah and others “analyze the dropshipping system in the context of Islamic law, focusing on the challenges of uncertainty or gharar in the transaction and its conformity with the principles of muamalah.” In “A Bibliography… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “An Iranian prisoner has had four of his fingers amputated after being accused of stealing five sheep from a farm owned by a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a charge the man denies.” For more content and context on harsh interpretations and applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb’s… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: Adaptation of the 1858 Ottoman Land Code in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austro-Hungarian Rule (1878-1918)

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By Philippe Gelez  The Treaty of Berlin of July 1878 gave the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy an international mandate to resolve the agrarian question and modernize the administration. In the terms of … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Adaptation of the 1858 Ottoman Land Code in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austro-Hungarian Rule (1878-1918)

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Malaysia federal court declares Kelantan state Shariah laws unconstitutional” (Jurist, February 11, 2024), Salma Ben Souissi (The University of Law, GB) analyzes the recent decision by the Federal Court of Malaysia that declared various sharī’a laws enacted by the state of Kelantan unconstitutional. In “Islamic Law in the Development of Indonesian Law” (Educational Journal… CONTINUE READING

::Roundtable:: The Ottoman Land Code in Bulgaria: Selective Interpretations

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By Milena B. Methodieva The Ottoman Imperial Land Code of 1858 was one of the major pieces of legislation produced during the Tanzimat (1839-1876), the period of sweeping reforms in … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: The Ottoman Land Code in Bulgaria: Selective Interpretations