By Dominik Krell 1. Introduction It might be difficult for us to imagine how criminal offenses could be prosecuted without the technical possibilities we take for granted today. DNA and … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Modern Forensic Technology and the Evolution of Islamic Criminal Law in Saudi Arabia
By Léon Buskens[1] Changes in the physical appearance of legal documents from twentieth-century Morocco offer important clues to reconstruct a “biography” of their social life.[2] Their appearance in the souvenir … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Material Proof: Some Notes on Legal Documents in Morocco as Physical Objects
By Aya Bejermi In most Muslim-majority countries, Islamic normativity underwent a process of “positivization” that reshaped both the content of norms and the modes of their production.[1] In Egypt, two … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Kashf Ṭibbī: Forensic Expertise as Probative Knowledge in Ḥajr Decisions of 20th-Century Egypt
By Mashal Saif In late 2010, many Pakistani ʿulamā’ publicly declared that Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s largest province, had insulted the Prophet Muḥammad and Islam.[1] In January 2011, … Continue reading ::Roundtable:: Evidence for the Laity but not the Courts: Dreams and Blasphemy in Contemporary Pakistan
