Tag Archives: Islamic Law

The Abdallah S. Kamel Center at the Yale Law School for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization will be accepting applications for its 2026-2027 research fellowships from November 1 until November 30, 2025...

Kombucha is made by fermenting tea and sugar with a culture of bacteria and yeast. This process naturally produces trace amounts of alcohol, leading many Muslims to ask: Is it halal or haram to drink...

In Visions of Sharīʿa Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examination of ways in which legal theory ( uṣūl al-fiqh) within Twelver Shīʿī thought continues to be a forum for vibrant debates regarding the assumptions, epistemology and hermeneutics of...

The Indonesian Journal of Islamic Law (IJIL) announced a Call for Papers for December, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025), which will feature a special issue on "Law in the Modern Muslim World".....

Sacrificing an animal on the day of Eid al-Adha for those who are not performing a pilgrimage is not obligatory; rather it is recommended (mustahab), and therefore there is no problem in partnering with others to purchase an animal and sacrifice it...

This 7-week course critically examines the dynamic relationship between Islamic law (Sharīʿa) and contemporary international legal frameworks. Designed for students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of Islamic studies and law, the course offers a rigorous, comparative exploration of foundational theories and current debates on some of the most pressing legal and ethical questions of our time...

Using an array of sources including manuals of law, fatwa collections, chronicles and obituaries, the book shows what it meant to be a good Muslim in the medieval period and how Islamic law defined holy behavior.....

This symposium is organized by the Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium, whose leadership includes Samy Ayoub (UT Austin), Michael Broyde (Emory University), Chaim Saiman (Villanova University), and Rabea Benhalim (University of Colorado)....

Orientalists who follow the Christianizing interpretation of Islāmic thought have attempted to present the doctrine of ijmā' as an accepted means of controlling “heresy” in Islām. According to Gibb, the doctrine of ijmā' can be viewed from the perspective of Christian orthodoxy and can be likened to the case of the council....

This conference, convened by the SENSIS research project at Utrecht University, invites contributions that examine how sensory experiences both shaped and were shaped by religious transformation, mobility, and violence in this pivotal period between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries....