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10/09/2026

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought (Edinburgh University Press), Han Hsien Liew (Arizona State University) "studies the relationship between political thought, preaching and emotions through the writings of Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1201), a celebrated hortatory preacher in late Abbasid Baghdad. Through an intertextual analysis of Ibn al-Jawzi’s works in various genres, this book details how his ideal form of rulership reflected the emotional norms and pietistic moral virtues promoted in Muslim hortatory sermons....

10/05/2026

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The Muslim Lawyers' Association of Nigeria has raised concern over what it described as a decline in the number of justices with specialised knowledge of Islamic personal law available to hear Sharia-related appeals at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.” According to a new report by the Guardian, “When prompted, AI chatbots will…...

10/02/2026

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Can Muslim Women Become Muftis? The Forgotten Legacy of Muslim Women Scholars” (India Tomorrow), Syed Khalique Ahmed (India Tomorrow) considers the questions “Can a Muslim woman become a mufti? Can she guide Muslims on matters of Sharia? Can she contribute to the fields of Islamic jurisprudence and law, or conduct educational sessions attended by both men and women?” Ahmed reviews Dr....

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Can Muslim Women Become Muftis? The Forgotten Legacy of Muslim Women Scholars” (India Tomorrow), Syed Khalique Ahmed (India Tomorrow) considers the questions …

09/25/2026

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Litigating Subjects: Algerian Women, Local Courts, and the Making of Colonial Law (Stanford University Press), Sarah Ghabrial (Concordia University) “examines the activities of Algeria's Muslim courts to reveal how Algerian subjects both incorporated and subverted colonial legal authorities and thereby exploited the tensions of the colonial state.” In “Harmonizing Criminal Law with Islamic Ethics, Economic Justice, and Legal Education: A Comparative Analysis of Selected OIC Countries…...

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Litigating Subjects: Algerian Women, Local Courts, and the Making of Colonial Law (Stanford University Press), Sarah Ghabrial (Concordia University) “examines …

09/21/2026

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Malaysia and the Maldives have signed two memoranda of understanding to enhance collaboration in maritime security, training, and Islamic affairs, including halal, waqf, and haj.” For more content and context on Islamic law in Malaysia, consult our Editor-in-Chief Professor Intisar Rabb’s "Legislation and Regulation of Islamic Law in Malaysia" and its appended resource roundup....

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Malaysia and the Maldives have signed two memoranda of understanding to enhance collaboration in maritime security, training, and Islamic affairs, including halal, waqf, an…

09/18/2026

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Penchants of the polymaths” (Aeon), Mariam Sabri (Aga Khan University) argues for “the recovery of the penchants of polymathy that once thrived in the Muslim world.” Sabri makes this argument using the examples of four polymaths, concluding that “If al-Biruni, Alhazen, Avicenna and al-Khwarizmi could turn scarcity, captivity, patronage and instability into new ways of knowing, then breadth is the necessary preparation for the tremendous work ahead.”...

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Penchants of the polymaths” (Aeon), Mariam Sabri (Aga Khan University) argues for “the recovery of the penchants of polymathy that once thrived in the Muslim …

09/14/2026

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In the USA, “Conservative crusader Jake Lang attracted hundreds of protesters Tuesday accusing the city of Dearborn, MI of discriminating against Christians and being run by Islamic Sharia law.” During a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said, “Pakistan is seeking to identify specific products, sectors and international markets to expand its presence in the growing global halal economy.”...

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In the USA, “Conservative crusader Jake Lang attracted hundreds of protesters Tuesday accusing the city of Dearborn, MI of discriminating against Christians and being run by…

09/11/2026

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Archival Practices and the Codex 2” (Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā), Konrad Hirschler (University of Hamburg) and Said Aljoumani (University of Hamburg) demonstrate “how a widening understanding of archival materialities and the enlargement of our documentary corpora offer new insights into Mamluk-period cultural and social history, including the vivacity of knowledge cultures beyond major urban centers.”...

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In “Archival Practices and the Codex 2” (Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā), Konrad Hirschler (University of Hamburg) and Said Aljoumani (University of Hamburg) demonstrate “how …

09/07/2026

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance conducted a religious course for students seeking knowledge in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, with approximately 150 participants.” “Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire responded to U.S. President Donald Trump following his statement about the alleged spread of Sharia law in the French capital. Grégoire stated that Paris does not need lectures from the U.S....

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance conducted a religious course for students seeking knowledge in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, with approximately 150 participant…

09/04/2026

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan (Brill Academic Publishers), Karen Bauer (Institute of Ismaili Studies), Seyed Mohammad Ghari S. Fatemi (AMI and Mofid University), Robert Gleave (University of Exeter), and Devin J. Stewart (Emory University) illustrate how “regulative verses of the Qurʾan offers a comprehensive study of how Islamic law emerged from scriptural interpretation, by exploring the nature of law in the Qurʾan itself and in Islamic thought, including in the foundational yet often overlooked genre of aḥkām al-Qurʾān....

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan (Brill Academic Publishers), Karen Bauer (Institute of Ismaili Studies), Seyed Mohammad Ghari S. Fatemi (AMI and Mofid Universi…