The latest issue of SSRN’s Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal includes: “Who or What Is the Wali al-Amr: The Unposed Question” by Nathan J. Brown … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Islamic Political Leadership
Last fall, Tunisia overturned a 1973 law that banned Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men. (It is generally accepted by Islamic scholars that men are permitted to marry women of … Continue reading In the News: Interfaith Marriages and Islamic Law in Tunisia
Nathan Brown, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University, asserts that "Arab constitutions are not abnormally religious," even though … Continue reading Comparing the Religion-State Divide in the Arab World: Constitutions
