ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) [of Malaysia] held an engagement session with Islamic scholars and religious teachers in Parliament on Thursday in its effort … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Mehmet Oz, a television personality and retired surgeon of Turkish descent, who is running in Pennsylvania for the United States Senate, when asked about his … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Taliban's subsequent takeover of the country has brought, once again, Islam and Islamic law to the fore in recent news coverage, reports, … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law
Suzanne Schneider, deputy director at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, commented that the Islamic State and the US far-right, including groups such as QAnon, share the same roots - … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Ahmadullah, a prominent Muslim cleric from Bangladesh, issued a fatwā stating that using the laughing emoji to mock people is forbidden under Islamic law. Muslim women in Kenya have lobbied … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
In "Bangladesh: Religious Intolerance in Bangladesh" (Religious Intolerance in South Asia, ed. Farahnaz Ispahani (forthcoming 2021)), using a unique and nationally representative dataset from 2017, C. Christine Fair and Parina … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup
By Ayman Shabana In the Islamic juristic tradition, the relationship between sharīʿa and custom raised important methodological questions, ranging from: the nature and number of sources, formulation of rulings, guidelines … Continue reading Sharīʿa, Custom, and Modern Legal Reform
By Katherine Gonzalez On March 6, 2017, President Donald J. Trump, issued a second Executive Order which barred, with certain exceptions, entry to the United States of nationals from predominantly … Continue reading Int’l Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump (D. Md. 2017): Muslim Ban 2.0 Case
By Rudolph Peters On May 16 jihadist insurgents of the Ansar al-Din group, who are occupying parts of Northern Mali and thought to be linked to al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, … Continue reading Motivations for Fossilized Sharīʿa
By Helena Swanson-Nystrom Summary Egypt’s 2012 Constitution included the principles of Islamic law as the “principal source” of national legislation. This clause had been in the country’s constitution since 1980, … Continue reading Review :: Gianluca Parolin on Al-Azhar and Egypt’s 2012 Constitution
