Summarized by Rami Koujah This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Malika Dekkiche's contribution titled "Diplomacy in the Medieval Islamic World" to volume eight of the Cambridge History of International Law series, co-edited by Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu. Malika Dekkiche’s chapter provides … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Diplomacy in the Medieval Islamic World” by Malika Dekkiche
::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Dispute Settlement in the Medieval Islamic World” by Mathieu Tillier
Summarized by Rami Koujah This post is part of the Roundtable on the History of Islamic International Law. It is a summary of Mathieu Tillier's contribution titled "Dispute Settlement in the Medieval Islamic World" to volume eight of the Cambridge History of International Law series, co-edited by Intisar Rabb and Umut Özsu. Mathieu Tillier’s chapter … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: History of Islamic International Law: “Dispute Settlement in the Medieval Islamic World” by Mathieu Tillier
Uncommon Common Sense: What We May Never Know About Mutʿa Marriage
By Rami Koujah This post is part of a series of posts on the latest publication in our Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Hossein Modarressi’s Text and Interpretation: Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and His Legacy in Islamic Law. This series of posts take a deeper dive into the book, which examines the main characteristics of the … Continue reading Uncommon Common Sense: What We May Never Know About Mutʿa Marriage
An Excerpt from Text and Interpretation on Mutʿa Marriage
By Hossein Modarressi Edited and summarized by Rami Koujah This post is part of a series of posts on the latest publication in our Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Hossein Modarressi’s Text and Interpretation: Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and His Legacy in Islamic Law. This series of posts take a deeper dive into the book, which … Continue reading An Excerpt from Text and Interpretation on Mutʿa Marriage
16 Reasons Why: Forgery and the Household of the Prophet
By Rami Koujah This post is part of a series of posts on the latest publication in our Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Hossein Modarressi’s Text and Interpretation: Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and His Legacy in Islamic Law. This series of posts take a deeper dive into the book, which examines the main characteristics of the … Continue reading 16 Reasons Why: Forgery and the Household of the Prophet
Welcome to our Research Editor, Rami Koujah!
Please welcome our new Research Editor, Rami Koujah! Rami Koujah is a PhD candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His dissertation is on the concept of personhood in Islamic law and legal theory. Rami earned his JD from Stanford Law School, MSt from Oxford University, and a joint BA/MA from UCLA.