Reports from the SHARIAsource Lab: Experiments in Collecting and Counting Islamic Legal Canons

The SHARIAsource Courts & Canons (CnC) Annotation Suite leverages data science tools to explore questions in Islamic law and society historically through mapping the controversies and values reflected in courts … Continue reading Reports from the SHARIAsource Lab: Experiments in Collecting and Counting Islamic Legal Canons

Experiments in Searching for Islam’s Universal Canons on the CnC-Qayyim Platform

The Courts & Canons (CnC) Project at SHARIAsource leverages data science tools to explore questions in Islamic law and society historically through mapping the controversies and values reflected in courts (from taʾrīkh, … Continue reading Experiments in Searching for Islam’s Universal Canons on the CnC-Qayyim Platform

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In "The Hoax in the ISIS Flag" (Newlinesmag.org, October 28, 2021), Ahmed El Shamsy (Chicago University) explains how a forged letter, presented by a French … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

In "Digitized Canon: Intisar Rabb's Work to Develop SHARIAsource and Other Resources on Islamic Law" (The Institute for Quantitative Social Science, September 1, 2021), Jonathan Colburn (Institute for Quantitative Social … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

The Program in Islamic Law and the Library of Congress have announced a historic collaborative project whereby the official gazettes of Muslim countries will be identified and analyzed from a … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup

Islam and Data Science Roundup

The Harvard Digital Scholarship Support Group will host the Digital Teaching Workshop: Tools for Assignments and Activities on August 27, 2021 at 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Eastern time. In … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup

Islamic Legal Canons as Memes

By Intisar Rabb This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead Blog Editor), and … Continue reading Islamic Legal Canons as Memes

Islam and Data Science Roundup

In “Islamic Legal Education in the 4.0 Era: Does It Need to Consider Technology?,” (Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Islam, Science and Technology, 2020) authors Windy Triana and … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup