In "On Sacred Land" (Minnesota Law Review, vol. 105 (2021)), Khaled A. Beydoun (Wayne State University Law School) discusses America's "Anti-Sharia Movement" within the context of the Religious Land Use … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
We've compiled a list of news sources that show how countries and communities are using Islamic law to respond to COVID-19 (coronavirus).
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Monika Zalnieriute and Catherine Weiss analyze the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s (HRC) consideration of legal prohibitions on Islamic face-coverings in Yaker v. France and Hebbadj v. France in "Reconceptualizing … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
:: Muwaṭṭaʾ Roundtable :: The Handmaiden’s Tale
By Kecia Ali (Boston University) As someone who researches and teaches about early Islamic law, I have longed for a translation of the Muwaṭṭaʾ which renders legal terminology with consistency and … Continue reading :: Muwaṭṭaʾ Roundtable :: The Handmaiden’s Tale