Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Family Law and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Change and Stasis since the Arab Spring (Cambridge University Press, 2023), edited by Adrien … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Islamic Law and the Liberal Arts

By Mona Oraby This essay is the first of three essays on Islamic law and pedagogy written by Mona Oraby. The second is “Why we should start with women” and the … Continue reading Islamic Law and the Liberal Arts

COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup

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Countries and communities around the world are working to contain COVID-19 and mitigate its effects. The following digest represents a variety of sources in which law, particularly Islamic law, was … Continue reading COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup

Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post

By Fahad Ahmad Bishara. Reposted from the Legal History Blog with permission from the author. For this post, instead of giving reflections on research or on writing in Indian Ocean legal history, … Continue reading Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post