The new issue of the Journal of Islamic Law at Harvard Law School (Journal of Islamic Law 2, no. 1 (2021)) has been published online. The new issue includes an … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Sohaira Siddiqui explores how scholars grappled with questions of human reason and knowledge, challenging dominant ideas of Shari'a in "Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of al-Juwayni," … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Recent Scholarship: Siddiqui on Syed Mahmood
Sohaira Siddiqui, Georgetown University Qatar, recently published "Navigating Colonial Power: Challenging Precedents and the Limitation of Local Elites" in Islamic Law and Society 26:3 (13 June 2019), 1-41. "In 1869, the British allowed Muslims to … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Siddiqui on Syed Mahmood
The Transformation of Anglo-Muhammadan Law: Muslims on British Benches
On April 25th, SHARIAsource Fellow, Dr. Sohaira Siddiqui, at the Islamic Legal Studies Program used the 1881 case of Fidayat ul-Nissa and others v. Muhammad Ismail Khan (India) to frame her discussion of … Continue reading The Transformation of Anglo-Muhammadan Law: Muslims on British Benches