ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In an opinion piece for Insider, Hafsa Lodi made the case for "Islamic feminism," stating that Islam "profoundly improved the status and legal rights of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
The 2021 American Society for Legal History annual conference, taking place on November 4-6, 2021, is hosting a wide array of panels relating to Islamic law. Please consult our calendar … Continue reading Islamic Law at the American Society for Legal History Conference: Session Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Following the Taliban's rise to power, many law students and lawyers from Afghanistan have reported that "[i]t is not the application of Islamic criminal law … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
By Mehdi Berriah This is part four in a series of four posts on the financing of jihād during the Mamlūk period. As noted by Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī al-Hanafī al-Ṭarsūsī, the … Continue reading A Lack of Resources in the bayt al-māl: A Sine Qua Non Condition for the Imposition of a Tax?
Leading scholars of Islamic law, including Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb, were invited by the University of Bergen for a roundtable on "the use and usefulness of the concepts of canonization … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Mehdi Berriah This is part three in a series of four posts on the financing of jihād during the Mamlūk period. In the cases presented in the sources discussed in … Continue reading The Sharīʿa on the Financing of Jihād
The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Taliban's subsequent takeover of the country has brought, once again, Islam and Islamic law to the fore in recent news coverage, reports, … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law
By Mehdi Berriah This is part two in a series of four posts on the financing of jihād during the Mamlūk period. First Episode The first episode took place in dhū-l-qaʿda 657/November … Continue reading Episodes in which the ʿUlamāʾ, according to Islamic Law, were Opposed to the Tax
Suzanne Schneider, deputy director at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, commented that the Islamic State and the US far-right, including groups such as QAnon, share the same roots - … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
At a press conference following the Taliban's capture of Kabul (Afghanistan), senior commander Waheedullah Hashimi commented that the country would be governed by sharī'a. The King Abdul Aziz Endowment of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
