SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Islam and Cults: A Study of the Implementation of the Fatwa Policy of the Indonesian Ulema Council" (Pharos Journal of Theology 105, no. 2 … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS According to recent data recently reported by various outlets, "Islamic finance is today a $3.9 trillion industry spread over more than 80 countries with the … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Transformation of Islamic Property and Evidentiary Law in Colonial-era Morocco: The Case of Shuf'a as Préemption" (Die Welt des Islams, July 31, 2024), … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Sedigheh Vasmaghi, an Islamic scholar and religious researcher, has criticized Iran‘s use of archaic legal terms to issue death sentences for protesters. In a recent audio statement, … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The 2024 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Conference of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, held this past spring at UCLA, brought together a host of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2024), Sherman A. Jackson (University of Southern California) argues that "'Religion,' in Islam was not identical to Islam's … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim [of Malaysia] . . . said the government is still discussing the tabling of the Mufti (Federal Territories) Bill, … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Women's Rights and Duties in Classical Legal Literature" (in The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Women (Oxford University Press, 2024)), Mariam Sheibani (Brandeis University) … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Listening to music, smoking hookah, and getting a Western-style haircut have all become punishable acts under the Taliban’s increasingly oppressive rule in Afghanistan, as highlighted … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Professor Radwan El Sayed (Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities) reviews Intisar A. Rabb (Harvard Law School) and Abigail Krasner Balbale's (New York University) edited … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
