Experiments in Annotating Islamic Legal Canons

By SHARIAsource Lab* The SHARIAsource Courts & Canons (CnC) Annotation Suite leverages data science tools to explore questions in Islamic law and society historically through mapping the controversies and values … Continue reading Experiments in Annotating Islamic Legal Canons

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In "Legal Canons—In the Classroom and in the Courtroom or, Comparative Perspective on the Origins of Islamic Legal Canons, 1265–1519" (Villanova Law Review 66, no. … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Islamic Law, (Bio)ethics, and Ethical Gatekeeping of Science

By Ayman Shabana One of the important reasons why the use of the term “Islamic law” as the English counterpart for sharīʿa is problematic has to do with the conceptualization … Continue reading Islamic Law, (Bio)ethics, and Ethical Gatekeeping of Science