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 Konstantinos Tsitselikis This is part 1 of a four-part series of posts will examine the sharīʿa courts in Greece, starting with the establishment of the courts in the 1920s and concluding … Continue reading Sharīʿa in Greece :: Part 1 :: Between communal autonomy and individual human rights
Philip Ostien is the editor of The Nigeria Papers, one of the Special Collections on SHARIAsource. The Nigeria Papers is a comprehensive collection of documentary materials and scholarly analysis on … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Ostien on Nigeria’s Sharīʿa Courts
Early zeal for application of the reinstated Islamic criminal law resulted in two zināʾ cases which attracted worldwide attention in 2001-2003: the cases of Safiyatu Hussaini and Amina Lawal, litigated … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Two Famous Cases
These materials document, state by state, what each of the sharīʿa states is doing in respect of the collection and distribution of zakāt and the management of pious endowments (waqf, … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Zakāt and Endowments
These materials include the results relating to gender of a perceptions survey carried out in three sharīʿa states in early 2016, which included questions on hisbah and women, zakat and … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Women
The sharīʿa states vary widely as to hisbah organizations. Some have none at all, some have informal groups not sanctioned by the state, some have official groups organized under the … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Hisbah Groups
A principal aim of sharīʿa implementation was to address the many social ills besetting Nigeria, or, in this case, besetting the Muslim North. This volume documents changes in the law … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: “Sanitizing Society”
According to the Penal Code of 1960, criminal laws purportedly based on sharīʿa ceased to exist in Northern Nigeria. In 2000, twelve states of Northern Nigeria sought to reintroduce Islamic criminal law, … Continue reading New Resource: Compendium on Islamic Criminal Laws of Northern Nigeria
Nathan Brown, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University, asserts that "Arab constitutions are not abnormally religious," even though … Continue reading Comparing the Religion-State Divide in the Arab World: Constitutions
Law No. 22 of 1999 on Regional Autonomy stipulates that the Indonesian national government acknowledges the Special Region status of the Province of Aceh and grants the provincial government of Aceh the … Continue reading Qanun of Aceh, No. 14 of 2003 on Khalwat (Close Proximity)
