Thank you, Ovamir Anjum, for joining us as guest blog editor in January. In case you missed his essays, here they are: The Endangered Sharīʿa The Shape of Islamic History … Continue reading Thank you, Ovamir Anjum!
Thank you, Ovamir Anjum!
Against Impossibility
By Ovamir Anjum The conviction that the sharīʿa has been slain by modernity could be read as the resuscitation of the early classical debate on the sharīʿa’s fatigue. Yet it … Continue reading Against Impossibility
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Legal experts have commented on the new Civil Transactions Law of Saudi Arabia: “The Civil Transactions Law in Saudi Arabia codifies principles of Sharia and has implications for businesses that enter into commercial contracts in the country, including contractors engaged on construction projects.” Haroun Rahimi, commenting on Islamic criminal law as applied in Afghanistan under… CONTINUE READING
Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Mohammed Allehbi
This interview is part of our Fellow Spotlight series. This series features interviews with current and previous PIL Fellows, highlighting their work with the Program, their path getting here, and … Continue reading Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Mohammed Allehbi
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Analysis of the Islamic Law and its Compatibility with Artificial Intelligence as a Emerging Challenge of the Modern World” (Annals of Human and Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (2024)), Shabana Kausar (Dada Bhoye Institute of Higher Education Karachi ) and others “explore[] the complexities surrounding Islamic law and the challenges it encounters in the… CONTINUE READING
Resuscitating the Sharīʿa in South Asia
By Ovamir Anjum “The divine laws primarily and essentially consider [human] conventions [rusūm], and they are what is discussed and referred to in the heavenly injunctions. There are causes due … Continue reading Resuscitating the Sharīʿa in South Asia
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The United Nations said Thursday it was deeply concerned about recent arrests and detentions of women and girls by Afghanistan‘s Taliban authorities for alleged non-compliance with Islamic dress code.” For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb’s “Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law.” Oman… CONTINUE READING
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Religious Policy of the Mamluk Sultan Baybars (1260–1277 AC)” (Religions 14, no. 11 (2023)), Hatim Muhammad Mahamid (Academic College for Teacher Education, The College of Sakhnin, Sakhnin 3081000, Israel) “focuses on the religious policy of the Mamluk Sultan Rukn al-Din Baybars (d. 1277), and its application throughout his rule in Egypt and Syria (Bilād… CONTINUE READING
The Shape of Islamic History
By Ovamir Anjum How should one imagine the shape of Islamic history? What bearing does that have on the shape of Islam’s future? The West thought the future was Star … Continue reading The Shape of Islamic History
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The committee studying the conflicts between shariah laws and the Federal Constitution [of Malaysia] should include non-Muslim constitutional experts, Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham said.” “Libya‘s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani, has expressed concern over blocking roads, considering such acts as highway robbery [under Islamic law].” “Saudi Arabia executed 170 people in 2023, including four… CONTINUE READING