Close analysis on issues of the day from a scholar weighing in on a particular issue. Contributors are either invited or send in one-time submissions that feature a close analysis of a single issue or publications—including a new fatwā or case, research findings from a single study, or reviews of a new library or AI tool. All pieces pair content and context on Islamic law.
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Bana Gora is Chief Executive Officer of the Muslim Women’s Council, an organization established in 2009 to represent the views of Muslim women across … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 6 :: Bana Gora
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Ajmal Masroor is one of Britain’s most high-profile imāms. He leads prayers in four London mosques, and has been a high-profile spokesperson and broadcaster … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 5 :: Ajmal Masroor
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Sometimes described as “the UK’s first female shari‘ah judge,” Amra Bone sits on the panel of the Shari‘ah Council of Birmingham Central Mosque, one … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 4 :: Amra Bone
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Musharraf Husain is an ‘alim and imām based in Nottingham, and one of the leading Muslim community representatives of the Midlands. Trained at Al-Azhar … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 3 :: Musharraf Husain
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Introduction Aina Khan is a London-based solicitor with expertise in international and Islamic family law, who runs her own legal practice in London. With three … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 2 :: Aina Khan
By Shaheen Ali and Justin Jones Recent years have seen heated debate about the ability of modern, purportedly secular Western nations to accommodate the practice of Islamic norms of marriage and … Continue reading Muslim marriage and divorce practices in contemporary Britain :: Part 1 :: Introduction
Introduction On February 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued an opinion mandating the stunning of an animal before slaughter to satisfy the EU organic labeling.[1] The decision came … Continue reading Commentary :: Organic Labeling: Reconciling Religious Freedom and Animal Welfare in the European Union
By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is the final part of a four-part series of posts will examine thesharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 4 :: Future Prospects for Greece’s Sharīʿa Courts After Molla Sali v. Greece
By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is part 3 of a four-part series of posts will examine thesharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and concluding … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 3 :: Substantive Issues in Sharīʿa Courts
By Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is part 2 of a four-part series of posts will examine thesharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and concluding … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 2 :: Procedural Issues in Sharīʿa Courts
