SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Glimpses of Islamic manuscript culture in Palestine" (UCLA Library, November 7, 2024), Sohaib Baig (UCLA) describes "manuscripts [housed in the UCLA Library that] illustrate the rich history of Islamic manus…  | By islamiclawblog on November 15, 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law - In "Glimpses of Islamic manuscript culture in Palestine" (UCLA Library, November 7, 2024), Sohaib Baig (UCLA) describes "manuscripts [housed in the UCLA Library that] illustrate the rich history of Islamic manuscript culture in Palestine from the medieval period to the early 20th century."
- In "Codifying religious family laws in South Africa: reframing the debate within the paradigm of substantive gender equality" (Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal, November 12, 2024), Waheeda Amien (University of Cape Town, South Africa) "explores three approaches for the recognition of religious family laws: assimilation, accommodation, and integration. She argues that none of the three approaches provides sufficient protection for women's rights. She suggests that the plurality of marriage forms should be recognised and regulated in a way that enables minority communities to practice their religion in a manner that does not undermine women's rights."
- In "A Critical Appraisal of Obligatory Bequest as Prevalent in Muslim Countries" (Islamic Studies 63, no. 2 (2024)), Haseeb Fatima Saikhu argues that "[t]he obligatory bequest has been adopted by legal force in several Muslim states. The basic purpose of this adoption is to overcome the economic grievances of orphaned grandchildren. This reform seems to be justified from an Islamic perspective because it does not radically interfere with the Islamic law of inheritance. . . However, obligatory bequest is not an ideal solution; it has restricted its benefit to grandchildren only and no provision is made for spouses and surviving parents."
- In "The Impact of Incidental Doubt on the Continuation of the Descriptive Attribute that Establishes the Ruling According to the Maliki School – An Applied Foundational Study" (An-Najah University Journal for Research 38, no. 11 (2024)), Agha D. Khlouq (Sheikh Nuh College of Sharia and Law, World Islamic Sciences Education University, Amman, Jordan) and others "aim[] to elucidate the impact of incidental doubt on the descriptive attribute that establishes a ruling in its continuation (Istiṣḥāb) according to Maliki Stream."
- In "The Role of Islam in the Prevention of Suicide: An Analytical Study of the Reasons Behind Suicide Prevention in Islam" (An-Najah University Journal for Research 38, no. 11 (2024)), Hamza Hammad (Jerash University, Jerash, Jordan) "extrapolate[s] and analyze[s] the causes leading to suicide prevention in the Islamic religion, by deducing the relationship between the level of Islamic religiosity and mental health, specifically suicide, then extrapolating the factors or components that lead to suicide prevention in the Islamic religion, as well as analyzing the Islamic faith's position on Suicide, then inferring the effect of belief in fate and destiny on psychological security and in reducing suicide."
On Islam and Data Science FIELD GUIDE TO ISLAMIC LAW ONLINE: RECENT SOURCES The Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is an ever-growing collection of links to hundreds of primary sources and archival collections around the world, online. We recently added a new resource to this list: - Sakip Sabanci Museum's Emirgân Archive houses more than 300 digitized items and "consists of photographs of Emirgân and its environs dating from the beginning of the 1900s. Depicting daily life, steam ferries, waterfront palaces and wooden houses, they provide detailed documentation of a Bosphorus village in the 20th century. Family photographs and portraits belonging to people who lived here display the way of life of Emirgân's inhabitants."
UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: - Islamic Law Speaker Series: "Islamic Apocalyptic Jurisprudence: End-Times Law in Sunnī and Shīʿī Discourses" by Ali Rod Khadem, Program in Islamic Law, November 12, 2024.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran," Bahman Khodadadi, Program in Islamic Law, December 10, 2024.
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue, January 13, 2025.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024)," Malika Zeghal, Program in Islamic Law, February 11, 2025.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam" by Mohsen Kadivar, Program in Islamic Law, March 11, 2025.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse" by Sarah Savant, Program in Islamic Law, April 8, 2025.
Calendar: - Conference: 2024 CILIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference, Melbourne Law School, November 12, 2024.
- Position opening: University assistant predoctoral researcher, University of Vienna, November 14, 2024.
- Lecture: Fall 2024 Lester Lecture: "Polyvalence, Ambiguity and the Politics of Islamic Studies" with Dr. Marion Katz, University of Colorado Boulder, November 14, 2024.
- Position opening: Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies, UMass Amherst, November 15, 2024.
- EUME Berliner Seminar: "Law, Litigation, and Politics of Legitimization: On the Possibilities and Limits of Palestinian Legal Action in Israel" by Suhad Bishara, November 20, 2024.
- Book Roundtable: "Order and Disorder in the Ottoman Empire," UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 22, 2024.
- Fellowship: Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization, 2025-2026, Yale Law School (Deadline: November 30, 2024).
- Conference: 12th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2-4, 2024.
- Fellowship: M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources, Rare Book School, 2025-2026, December 9, 2024.
- Conference: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, December 19-20, 2024.
- Hurst Summer Institute 2025, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, January 15, 2025.
- EUME Berliner Seminar: "The Politics of Choice: The 2003 Entry Law to Israel, the Phenomenology of Singlehood and Love Across Borders Among Palestinians" by Towibah Majdub, January 22, 2025.
- Fellowship: The University Center for Human Values in Law and Normative Thinking 2025-26, Princeton University, January 22, 2025.
- BRAIS Prize 2025: Call for Submissions, January 24, 2025.
- Call for Editors: Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025.
- Call for Editors: Book Review Editor for Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025.
- Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, May 1-3, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5, 2024).
- Conference: Eleventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Queen Mary University, UK, May 8-10, 2025 (Paper proposals: October 31, 2024; Panel proposals: November 30, 2024).
- LSA 2025 Annual Meeting: Chicago, Illinois from May 22-25, 2025 (Early registration: December 3, 2024; registration: January 3, 2025).
- Conference: Law, Culture, and Humanities 27th Annual Conference, Georgetown University, June 17-18, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 31, 2025).
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025.
- Position opening: Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society, Vanderbilt University, 2025.
- Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies, until an appointment is made.
- Internship opportunity: The Executive Office of the President, White House, various deadlines.
- Position opening: Academic mentor and field researcher in Iraq, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich, rolling basis.
- Position opening: Academic mentor for researcher in Mogadishu, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich.
- Call for Papers: Special Section – Lifewriting Annual and Islam.
- Call for Manuscripts: Advances in the Study of Islam, Edinburgh University Press.
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