As Somalia continues to debate over what to include in its new constitution and when to hold a referendum on it, women's rights have emerged as a divisive point of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Commentarial Ocean
By Mahmood Kooria The postclassical commentarial literature of Islamic law, once ignored for being repetitive and inauthentic, now has been receiving considerable scholarly attention. Through the processes of canonization, codification, … Continue reading Commentarial Ocean
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In "Moral Value and Commercial Gain: Three Classical Islamic Approaches" (Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, forthcoming), Omar Farahat (McGill University Faculty of Law) explores the interplay between Islamic law … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Islam and Data Science Roundup
In "The impact of Shariah supervisory board and Shariah audit committee on CSR adoption at Islamic banks" (Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business (JAFEB), vol 8, no. 3 (2021)), … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In "Islamic Ethics of the Conduct of War" (SSRN, April 8, 2021) (forthcoming in The Handbook of Islamic Ethics), Fajri Muhammadin (Universitas Gadjah Mada) discusses seven overarching principles of Islamic … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
What Is Islamic Law? How Should We Study It?
By Joseph Lowry (University of Pennsylvania) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead … Continue reading What Is Islamic Law? How Should We Study It?
::Roundtable:: Islamic Legal History & Historiography
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In light of recent developments in the field, we convened this Roundtable on Islamic Legal History and Historiography to take stock of myriad changes developments in approaches to the study … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Islamic Legal History & Historiography
Islam and Data Science Roundup
In "Distribution of Inheritance under Islamic Law: An Appraisal of Online Inheritance Calculators" (August 16, 2020 (SSRN)), Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema (Punjab University, Law College) investigates the accuracy and efficiency of … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Michael Goodyear's (University of Michigan Law School) "Heaven or Earth: The Hagia Sophia Re-Conversion, Turkish and International Law, and Universal Religious Sites" (UCLA Journal of Islamic Law and Near Eastern … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
On Originalism and the Role of Legal Canons in Islamic Law
The 43rd annual Donald A. Giannella Memorial Lecture organized by Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law hosted our Editor-in-Chief, Intisar Rabb, with her presentation titled "Interpreting Islamic Law." The … Continue reading On Originalism and the Role of Legal Canons in Islamic Law