Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Italy‘s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni recently stated that there is an incompatibility between “Islamic culture or a certain interpretation of Islamic culture and the rights and values of our civilization,” emphasizing that she would “not allow Sharia law to be implemented in Italy.” “Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance presented its 3D… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Islamic Law and Colonialism” (in Cambridge Companion to Islamic Law, Cambridge University Press, under review), Rabiat Akande (Osgoode School of Law) and Halimat Adeniran (Osun State University) argue that colonialism and the ensuing centralization of the nation state in Muslim polities resulted in what they call “fiqh monism.” In “Problems of the Global Economic… CONTINUE READING

The Madhhab Administration in Kurdistan and the Banal Affair of a Kurdish Tribe

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By Yavuz Aykan This is the second essay in a series of four essays on "Why the Ottoman fiqh? Reading Ḥanafī jurisprudence in its historical longue durée." Before revisiting the legal drama of … Continue reading The Madhhab Administration in Kurdistan and the Banal Affair of a Kurdish Tribe

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Denmark’s parliament adopt[ed] a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts.” “Due to the Taliban’s intense interpretation of Islamic law that led to bans on women in universities, some Afghan women have turned to online learning.” For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Honoring the Sacred Duty: Orphan Care in Islam and Pakistan” (Al-Nasr 2, no. 3 (2023)), Hafiz Muhammad Azeem (Advocate, High Court, Pakistan) and Omar Mahmood Wattoo (National Law College Rawalpindi, Pakistan) argue that “Islamic law offers a unique approach that safeguards the orphan’s original biological identity in case of adoption.” In “Islamic Perspectives on… CONTINUE READING

Introduction: On the Authority of the Qāḍī’s Judgment

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By Yavuz Aykan This is the first essay in a series of four essays on "Why the Ottoman fiqh? Reading Ḥanafī jurisprudence in its historical longue durée." In my essay series, I will … Continue reading Introduction: On the Authority of the Qāḍī’s Judgment

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS A Nigerian woman has been jailed for blasphemy for 18 months over WhatsApp message that criticized a mob action against another person accused of having blasphemed. The morality police in Northern Nigeria has been reported to use “soft techniques” to curb online celebrities’ social media presence which the police view as indecent, one such technique… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Constitutionalism and Islamic Law: A Critique of M. H. Kamali’s Approach” (Tanazur Research Journal 4, no. 2 (2023)), Muhammad Rafeeq Shinwari (Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University) argues that the “metaphysics and ingredients of the modern state” are “radically contradicting with Islam.” In “Rediscovery and Revival in Islamic Environmental Law: Back to The Future of Nature’s Trust”… CONTINUE READING