Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The formal recognition of the Jaʿfari madhhab in Lebanon in January 1926 and the subsequent development of a state-led court system by the...
March, 2019
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28 March
“Fantastic Charities”: The Transformation of Waqf Practice in Colonial Zanzibar
The present study examines the impact of British colonial rule on traditional waqf practice in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The writer shall argue that British policy towards waqf in Zanzibar was shaped by a combination of...
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26 March
Book: Guardians of Faith in Modern Times: Ulama in the Middle East
This volume is sure to become a valuable tool to both historians and social scientists working on Islamic law and on the social, political and...
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25 March
Video: Women in New Zealand Continue Wearing Hijab in Support of Muslim Community
Many of the woman in attendance continued making and wearing headscarves in solidarity with their Muslim neighbors...
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25 March
Discourse on Hudud in Malaysia: Addressing the Missing Dimension
Implementation of Islamic criminal law particularly of the hudud at present time, beyond its politics, raises numerous juridical problems of substantive law, procedure and...
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25 March
Gender and Legal Authority: An Examination of Early Juristic Opposition to Women’s Hadīth Transmission
This article analyzes two cases of early juristic opposition to the legal authority of hadīth narrated by women...
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24 March
Article: Negotiating Muslim–Christian Relations in Kenya through Waqfs, 1900–2010
The article draws mainly on the perspective of the Muslim minority in Kenya and argues that state control of waqfs in Kenya did not only interfere with normative practices but also partly laid the ground for the present-day economic and political marginalization and exclusion of...
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24 March
Book: Towards A Fiqh For Minorities: Some Basic Reflections
“Fiqh for Minorities” is an important subject and a much needed contribution to an area of fiqh that has become essential for the well being and development of Muslim communities living in...
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24 March
Prisoners of War: A Comparative Study of the Principles of International Humanitarian Law and the Islamic Law of War
The treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) has been an issue of concern to all those engaged in armed conflict for centuries. The problem of how to deal with POWs is not a new one and their treatment is a question with which the laws of war have been particularly …
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22 March
Video: New Zealand Broadcasts Adhan to Honor Victims of Terrorist Attacks
The Islamic call to prayer, the adhan, rang out across New Zealand on Friday afternoon as thousands gathered to honor the 50 people gunned down at two...