Brunei's Friday sermon last week touched on corruption, and the imāms, in addition to describing why corruption is prohibited under Islamic law, urged citizens to report any suspicious activity to … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Rochester Institute of Technology professors developed a new board game titled “New Harvest,” which aims at promoting the teaching of comparative religion and religious law. The game is part of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
News Roundup: Debates about the Use and Abuse of Islamic Criminal Law in Afghanistan
The NYT reports on a radical figure in Afghanistan who uses what mainstream scholars of Islamic law around him call novel and excessively harsh interpretations of Islamic criminal law or … Continue reading News Roundup: Debates about the Use and Abuse of Islamic Criminal Law in Afghanistan
SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: A Southeast Asian Model of Sharīʿa Law? The Evolution and Possibility in Southeast Asian Countries
SHARIAsource Visiting Fellow Mansurah Izzul Mohamed presented her current research to a group of twenty-one students and scholars during her April 24th ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk entitled “A Southeast Asian … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: A Southeast Asian Model of Sharīʿa Law? The Evolution and Possibility in Southeast Asian Countries