By Adnan Zulfiqar This post is the first in a series of four posts on obligation, jihād, revolution and prisons. Among the most significant challenges in studying or teaching Islamic … Continue reading Collective Duties (farḍ kifāya) in Islamic Law
In the latest issue of Studia Islamica, Asma Afsaruddin’s article on “Jihād, Gender, and Religious Minorities in the Siyar Literature: The Diachronic View” compares five medieval works to highlight changing … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Medieval Islamic Legal Debates
SHARIAsource Pakistan and Maldives Editor Adnan Zulfiqar recently published an article in the West Virginia Law Review about how changing views of jihād as an individual duty versus a collective … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Zulfiqar on Jihād
This document is a beyānnāme, or declaration, sent by the Ottoman reʾīsül-kuttāb (chief scribe) to Britain's ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, justifying the Ottoman declaration of war on Russia by … Continue reading Historical Primary Sources: A Legal and Diplomatic Justification of the Ottoman Declaration of War Against Russia, 1768
