By Mariam Sheibani Source: Al-Qarāfī, Shihāb al-Dīn. Kitāb al-furūq aw Anwār al-burūq fī anwāʾ al-furūq. 3rd ed. Edited by Muḥammad Sarrāj and ʿAlī Jumuʿa. 2 vols. Cairo: Dār al-Salām, 2010. General … Continue reading Al-Qarāfī on the Importance of Legal Maxims and Distinctions in Jurisprudence
By Mohammad A. Abderrazzaq Primary Source book: Princeton collection version of Vol. 4 of Shāṭibī, Ibrahīm ibn Mūsa. al-Juzʼ al-awwal [-al-rābiʿ] min kitāb al-muwāfaqāt. Tūnis: Maṭbaʻat al-Dawlah al-Tūnisiyyah, 1302 [1884]. … Continue reading The Role of Maqāṣid in Ijtihād
By Haider Ala Hamoudi In my two previous posts on the matter of mahr in U.S. courts, I made the point that the enforceability of the mahr, or the nuptial … Continue reading The Irony of Sharī’a Bans: Part III
By Haider Ala Hamoudi My previous post explained the problems surrounding the enforceability in U.S. courts of the Islamic mahr—the nuptial payment that a groom or his family must provide … Continue reading The Irony of Sharī’a Bans: Part II
By Haider Ala Hamoudi The most common criticism of legislative attempts to ban the “creeping” of sharī'a into United States Courts is that they serve no actual purpose. That is, … Continue reading The Irony of Sharī’a Bans: Part I
By Norzailawati Mohd Noor The article “Islamic finance is making a case for impact investment” published by Gulf News on May 23, 2017 focuses on Islamic investments in sustainable environmental … Continue reading Islamic finance is making a case for impact investment
