Islam in America and the Ethnic Studies Paradigm Date: Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:30pm Location: Zoom (RSVP Required) Part of the New Perspectives on Ethnicity and Migration lecture series Speaker: Professor Sherman Jackson, … Continue reading Lecture by Sherman Jackson: Islam in America and the Ethnic Studies Paradigm, Department of History (Harvard University), November 20, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
A roundup of new academic scholarship in the field of Islamic law and legal history.
Islamic Law Scholars’ Round-Up: Feb 25th
Many of SHARIAsource’s Senior Scholars were recognized in Brill’s Islamic Law and Society journal as writers of the top 15 articles written in the 25 years of ILS. In celebration … Continue reading Islamic Law Scholars’ Round-Up: Feb 25th
Recent Scholarship: Jackson on Gender in Islamic Studies
In the most recent issue of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Sherman Jackson wrote about the responsibilities of male scholars in acknowledging the perspectives and … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Jackson on Gender in Islamic Studies
Recent Scholarship: Islam and Secularism
This article by SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Sherman Jackson, published in the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, tackles an issue that is often brought up in Islamic law courses as … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Islam and Secularism
SHARIAsource Senior Scholars’ Round Up: Aug 13th
SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Sherman Jackson was named one of CNN’s “25 influential Muslim Americans.” In addition, Senior Scholar Asifa Quraishi-Landes was interviewed on Radio West about a documentary on the … Continue reading SHARIAsource Senior Scholars’ Round Up: Aug 13th
SHARIAsource Editors and Senior Scholars’ Round Up: July 2nd
The Toronto Star turned to SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Khaled Abou El Fadl in its article on the creation of Saudi Wahhabism. SHARIAsource U.S. Editor Abed Awad discussed the history of … Continue reading SHARIAsource Editors and Senior Scholars’ Round Up: July 2nd
Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ijtihād: the direct interpretation of scripture
This entry provides a definition and analysis of the term ijtihād, drawing on works by SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Sherman A. Jackson, King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ijtihād: the direct interpretation of scripture
Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ijtihād: the direct interpretation of scripture
This entry provides a definition and analysis of the term ijtihād, drawing on works by SHARIAsource Senior Scholar Sherman A. Jackson, King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion … Continue reading Islamic Law Lexicon :: Ijtihād: the direct interpretation of scripture
Scholarship in “Plain English”: Sherman Jackson on the Primacy of Domestic Politics
By Alicia Daniel Citation: Alicia Daniel, Review of Sherman A. Jackson, The Primacy of Domestic Politics: Ibn Bint Al-Aʿazz and the Establishment of Four Chief Judgeships in Mamlūk Egypt [Journal … Continue reading Scholarship in “Plain English”: Sherman Jackson on the Primacy of Domestic Politics