SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Generality and Exception in Islamic Legal Theory: Intent, Language, and the Jurist’s Role" (American Journal of Comparative Law, forthcoming), Omar Farahat (McGill University Faculty … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Insight: the legal and regulatory framework governing Islamic finance and markets in Malaysia" (Lexology, October 19, 2022) Murni Zuyati Zulkifli Aziz and Rodney Gerard … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
The 2021 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting is taking place on November 29 - December 5, 2021. A complete program listing all the various sessions can be found … Continue reading Islamic Law & History at the Middle East Studies Association Conference (2021): Session Roundup
In "Peace to those of Faith: Political Affiliation and Belonging in Classical Islamic Thought" (Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa 2021), Omar Farahat (McGill University … Continue reading 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
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
By Omar Farahat Rumee Ahmed’s Sharia Compliant: A User’s Guide to Hacking Islamic Law is a unique book in that it tackles some of the most difficult questions in the … Continue reading The Immanent Frame:: Book Review: Law, Authority, and Tradition
