SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Human Rights Norms from Below" (Yale Journal of International Law 48, no. 1 (2023)), Adnan A. Zulfiqar (Rutgers Law School) "argues that effective promotion … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The Islamic Finance Market 2022 report has recently been published and predicts substantial growth in the Islamic financial market by 2030. The global takaful market, … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Discussions to reform Egypt's personal status and family law have been ongoing for years, with competing political factions trying to wield influence over the reform … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In "Navigating Colonial Law in a 'Sea of Islands'" (Law & Social Inquiry Online (December 3, 2021)), Renisa Mawani (University of British Columbia) reviews Nurfadzilah … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
The National Association of Muslim Police, a national association in the United Kingdom that brings together more than 2,000 Muslim members of British law enforcement, recently published its annual report … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup
Islamic Finance Guru, a UK-based Islamic finance platform, recently raised £3 million in investments. The Saudi Crown Prince's overhaul of the country's legal system and practices traditionally thought as being … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
By Nurfadzilah Yahaya In my book, Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia (Cornell University Press, 2020), I demonstrate how colonialism embodies a contradiction; in a sense, colonial … Continue reading Ṭalāq in the Colonies – Constraints on Colonial Judiciary
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In "Wary of vaccines: Are there religious reasons to be?" (The Standard, April 24, 2021), Sadakat Kadri discusses how in the UK, confidence in vaccines and their effectiveness varies among … Continue reading COVID-19 and Islamic Law Roundup
Sarah Obama, former U.S. President Barack Obama's grandmother, passed away and was buried at a funeral held under Islamic rites. Purpose of Life, the organization that published the name of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
Strasbourg (France) recently approved a grant to a Turkish diaspora association to build a mosque in the city, a move that has been harshly criticized by the French government. The … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
