Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Kuwait University is set to implement gender segregation in classrooms following an agreement between Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Haif al-Mutairi and the Minister of Education Adel al-Manea.” In response to accusations of oppressing women and their access to education, a Taliban spokesperson pointed at France, commenting on the new legal framework that bans the wearing of… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought (Columbia University Press, 2023), Hayrettin Yücesoy (Saint Louis University) argues that “the ulema’s discourse of religious governance and the political thought of lay intellectuals diverged during this foundational period, with enduring consequences.” In “The Contribution of the Islamic and Social Banks to… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The U.N. rights chief accused Afghanistan‘s ruling Taliban […] of a ‘shocking level of oppression’ of women and girls and said human rights in the country were in a state of collapse.” Taliban says it protects women’s rights within the bounds of Islamic law.  For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan,… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Religious Authority in Islamic Law: A Debate on Conservative and Progressive Methods” (Afkaruna 19, no. 1 (2023)), Alif Rizky Ramadhan and Ai Fatimah Nur Fuad (University of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia) juxtapose and discuss two approaches to understanding Islamic law, which they describe as “conservative” and “progressive,” arguing that the former is more collective while the… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The rise of Muslim vegetarians in recent years has sparked debate around the question of whether vegetarianism is permissible under Islamic law. President Emmanuel Macron told reporters that France‘s dress code laws would be strictly applied in schools, which will ban the wearing of Islamic abayas. “Under directives unveiled by New York City Mayor Eric… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “The Doctrine of Due Process in Islamic Law: An Introduction” (SSRN, August 3, 2023), Amr Ibn Munir (International Islamic University, Islamabad) “examines the role and place of the doctrine of due process in Islamic legal system” and asks, “What is the Shariah’s perspective of the due process doctrine?” In “Aborting a malformed fetus in… CONTINUE READING

Best of 2022-2023 & Roundtables in Review: Medieval Islamic Legal Documents: Sources and Methods

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In September, we look back at some of our most read essays published in the past year as well as the roundtables we convened in the past that attracted a … Continue reading Best of 2022-2023 & Roundtables in Review: Medieval Islamic Legal Documents: Sources and Methods

Islamic Law at ASLH 2023! (A PIL Guide)

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The Program in Islamic Law (PIL) has curated a list of papers from the American Society for Legal History's (ASLH) 2023 Annual Meeting schedule that are related to Islamic law … Continue reading Islamic Law at ASLH 2023! (A PIL Guide)