ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Indonesia's Religious Affairs Ministry has stated that it is in talks with Saudi Arabia and the two countries "are looking for ways to reduce the Hajj waiting time to cater to the increasing number of Muslims seeking to perform the ritual." "The Islamic Republic’s Assembly of Experts, the deliberative body … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
By Intisar Rabb Discussions of and attention to Islamic criminal law in recent times have revolved almost exclusively around press coverage relating to excessively harsh interpretations of Islamic criminal law or sharīʿa, often with little to no religious or historical precedent. To set the record straight: Islamic criminal law refers to and should be understood as an area of … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Islamic Criminal Law
We at the Islamic Law Blog publish weekly "Islamic Law in the News Roundups," where we curate news about Islamic criminal law, on an ongoing basis. We note increasing news of excessively harsh interpretations and applications. This resource roundup is designed to place some of the history and politics of those interpretations and applications in … Continue reading Islamic Criminal Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The Taliban regime has been implementing its own interpretation of Islamic criminal law, which includes public executions and stonings, some of which take place before the public. "The Taliban authorities on Wednesday executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, the first public execution since the ultra-conservative former insurgents took … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The 1989 fatwā imposed by Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie has sparked a more general debate on fatwās in Islamic law and their implementation. Some scholars have drawn attention to the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia in terms of political ambitions in the region as well … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In her opinion piece in Rewire News Group, Aliza Kazmi, commenting on the recently leaked Supreme Court opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade, wrote: "Islam supports an individual’s bodily autonomy, and we need to advocate for our community’s right to an abortion." Lawyers for the Malian Islamist rebel Al … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Taliban's subsequent takeover of the country has brought, once again, Islam and Islamic law to the fore in recent news coverage, reports, and analyses. This renewed attention to Islamic law is in part due to the fact that the Taliban identifies itself as a Muslim military organization … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law
In "Can Islamic Law Principles Regarding Settlement of Criminal Disputes Solve the Problem of the US Mass Incarceration?" (SSRN, June 23, 2021), Amin R. Yacoub (University of Virginia School of Law) and Becky Briggs (University of San Diego) discuss the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the United States and how Islamic law principles of criminal … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
This is part 4 in a series of 4 posts. :: Part 4 :: The Art and Science of Keeping the Peace Students of Ḥanafī law learn that the crime of murder consists in a deliberate act, aiming at ending a life, by a competent adult, using—and this is where the emphasis is—a proper murder … Continue reading From Punishment to Restitution: In What Direction Should a Restatement of Islamic Law Go? :: Part 4 :: The Art and Science of Keeping the Peace
This is part 3 in a series of 4 posts. :: Part 3 :: An Islamic “Law-and-Economics” Jurisprudence Can one suggest the presence (latent or real) of a law-and-economics version of Islamic criminal law? The diya doctrine of financial restitution for injury has features that invite this consideration. Diya applies, not only to whole human … Continue reading From Punishment to Restitution: In What Direction Should a Restatement of Islamic Law Go? :: Part 3 :: After the Failure
