SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Method in Understanding Hadith Through Ijmā' and Its Implications for Islamic Law in Indonesia: Studies on the Hadiths of the Month of Qamariyah" (Samarah 7, no. 1 (2023)), Abdul Majid (Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris, Samarinda) and others investigate how the meaning of certain Prophetic teaching … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Religion Inspired The Nation-State, But Politics Made The Difference" (Eurasia Review, April 14, 2023), James M. Dorsey (Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies) reviews new scholarship that traces the origins of the modern nation state to earlier periods during the Middle Age by arguing that religion … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Liberalism Versus Liberalism: An Analysis of Muslim-American Amicus Curiae Arguments Concerning Complicity-Based Conscience Claims" (Journal of Law and Religion 38, no. 2 (2023) (forthcoming)), Kamran Bajwa (Chicago Law School) and Samuel E. Miller (University of Iowa - College of Law; University of Chicago), reviewing amicus curiae briefs filed in … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The ICC and Traditional Islamic Legal Scholarship: Analysing the War Crimes Against Civilians" (in International Criminal Law: A Counter-Hegemonic Project, 2022), Fajri Matahati Muhammadin (Universitas Gadjah Mada) and Ahmad Sadzali (Universitas Islam Indonesia) argue that "if Islamic law has prescribed criminalization for international crimes up to a standard which … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu, with contributions from Hadi Qazwini On November 1, 2022, Professors Intisar Rabb (Harvard University) and Umut Özsu (Carleton University) convened a live Roundtable webinar that brought together experts in Islamic history and international law. The live webinar accompanied this Blog’s online Roundtable, which featured essays each week in November and … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Looking Back and Looking Forward: Conclusion to the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law”
Summarized by Rami Koujah This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Malika Dekkiche's contribution titled "Diplomacy in the Medieval Islamic World" to volume eight of the Cambridge History of International Law series, co-edited by Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu. Malika Dekkiche’s chapter provides … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Diplomacy in the Medieval Islamic World” by Malika Dekkiche
Summarized by Hadi Qazwini This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Will Smiley and Aimee Genell's and contribution titled "Ottoman Empire: War and Peace" to volume eight of the Cambridge History of International Law series, co-edited by Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu. Will … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Ottoman Empire: War and Peace” by Will Smiley and Aimee Genell
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Maqasid Al-Shari'ah as Philosophy of Islamic Law: A Systems Approach (The International Institute of Islamic Thought 2022), Jasser Auda (Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics, Qatar) proposes a new theory to categorize theories for Islamic law. In "A seat at the table: Islamic laws neglected potential in universalising … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Mohammad Fadel This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Mohammad Fadel's contribution titled "An Overview of Islamic International Law" to volume eight of the Cambridge History of International Law series, co-edited by Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu. My chapter attempts to set … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “An Overview of Islamic International Law” by Mohammad Fadel
By Adnan A. Zulfiqar This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Adnan A. Zulfiqar's contribution titled "Territory and Jurisdiction" to volume eight of the Cambridge History of International Law series, co-edited by Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu. This essay explores features of territory … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Territory and Jurisdiction” by Adnan A. Zulfiqar
