Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Police in Nigeria arrested 76 people alleged to have attended a same-sex marriage ceremony prohibited by the country’s laws. A regional police officer declined to comment whether charges would be brought against the attendees under Islamic law or federal law. Boston University recently announced the opening of “The Halal Shack” in its food court. School… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Belief as Status: Premodern Islamic Law, Duties, and the Martyr Conundrum” (American Journal of Legal History, October 12, 2023), Adnan A. Zulfiqar (Rutgers Law School) explores dimensions of status “outside the modern, secular framework” by examining “aspects of belief as status in the premodern Islamic legal discourse.” In “A Critical Analysis of Sports Law… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS A number of fourteen Baha’i members were convicted to time in prison by an Iranian court because of “propaganda efforts against Islamic Sharia.” Indonesia recently hosted the 10th Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival, the largest business exhibition in the country. “Al-Azhar International Center for Electronic Fatwa (Islamic decisions) launched a special section for issuing fatwas in… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In Secularism and Islam in Bangladesh: 50 Years After Independence (Routledge, 2023), Abdul Wohab (North South University, Bangladesh) argues that “extremist interpretations of Islam, which aim to establish a theocratic state, have not been able to influence the pluralistic religious and cultural life of Bangladesh substantially.” In Defending Traditional Islam in Indonesia: The Resurgence of… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The Supreme Court [of India] [is set to] examine a 2021 ruling of the Kerala High Court affirming a Muslim woman’s right to pronounce extrajudicial divorce by way of ‘khula.'” “The development of Islamic banking in the Philippines aims to benefit all Filipinos,” the central bank of the Philippines recently stated. The Federal Court in… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In International Law and Muslim States: Saudi Arabia in Context (Routledge, 2023),  Dawood Hamzah (SOAS) “examines the Saudi Arabia textualist approach to the two primary sources of law in Islam, the Qur’an and Sunnah, and argues that a liberal approach of interpretation has become sine qua non especially now that myriad issues are confronting the Muslim world generally and… CONTINUE READING

Diya and the Legacy of Empire

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By Rabiat Akande The tussle over diya (compensation for unlawful killing) was one over the locus of sovereignty in the colonial state. For colonial officials, the colonial state and, ultimately, … Continue reading Diya and the Legacy of Empire

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The Taliban have arrested around 200 people suspected of engaging in witchcraft and sorcery, which the Taliban have stated “violate Islamic law by using amulets and spells that claim to cure impotency and diseases.” “Countries including, UAE, Australia, Japan, Spain, Chile, along with 75 other member states and observers have asked the Taliban to respect… CONTINUE READING