Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Fundamentals Of Contract Law In Islamic Law and Afghanistan Civil Law" (Shariahlex: Journal of Islamic Law and Legal Studies 1, no. 1 (2024)), Habiburrahman Rizapoor … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Harmonizing Islam and Human Rights Through the Reconstruction of Classical Islamic Tradition" (Samarah 7, no. 1 (2023)), Tamyiz Mukharrom and Supriyanto Abdi argue that … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Siyāsa Authority in the Colonial State

By Rabiat Akande In 1958, as negotiations over Nigeria’s impending independence from the British Empire were underway, the colonial government invited the muftī of Sudan, Sheikh Mohammed Abul Gasim, to … Continue reading Siyāsa Authority in the Colonial State

Colonialism and Islamic Law

By Rabiat Akande There has been an explosion of interest in interrogating the impact and legacies of European colonialism in recent decades. To an extent, this interest reflects a broader … Continue reading Colonialism and Islamic Law

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Continuity and Change of Traditional Islamic Law in Modern Times: tarjīḥ as a Method of Adaptation and Development of Legal Doctrines" (Oxford Journal of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "A Short History of Zaydi fiqh" (Leiden Arabic Humanities Blog, April 15, 2023), Eirik Hovden and Ebrahim Mansoor (Leiden University) provide a brief overview … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Examining Twelver Uṣūl Manuscript Tradition through TUB

By Kumail Rajani In this series of four blog essays, Rob Gleave and Kumail Rajani of the University of Exeter, UK, introduce the digital database of Twelver Shīʿī legal theory … Continue reading Examining Twelver Uṣūl Manuscript Tradition through TUB

Introducing the Twelver Uṣūl Bibliography

By Kumail Rajani In this series of four blog essays, Rob Gleave and Kumail Rajani of the University of Exeter, UK, introduce the digital database of Twelver Shīʿī legal theory … Continue reading Introducing the Twelver Uṣūl Bibliography

Resources for the History of Twelver Shīʿī legal Theory: The Twelver Uṣūl Bibliography

By Robert Gleave In this series of four blog essays, Rob Gleave and Kumail Rajani of the University of Exeter, UK, introduce the digital database of Twelver Shīʿī legal theory … Continue reading Resources for the History of Twelver Shīʿī legal Theory: The Twelver Uṣūl Bibliography

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Peace and Reconciliation in International Islamic Law (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023), Kaleem Hussain (University of Birmingham) "presents a lucid analysis, observing how the sources … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup