ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "A seven-member committee appointed by Syria's interim government is drafting a constitutional declaration, but leaked provisions, including a requirement that the president be Muslim, have fueled controversy over inclusion…  | By islamiclawblog on March 17, 2025 | ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "A seven-member committee appointed by Syria's interim government is drafting a constitutional declaration, but leaked provisions, including a requirement that the president be Muslim, have fueled controversy over inclusion and democracy."
- "In the growing global mode landscape, modest fashion is now not only a trend, but rather an expression of style, identity, and a deeper representation of value. This year, Taza, a syar'i modest brand from Indonesia, took a strategic step by making its mark at the London Muslim Shopping Festival (LMSF) 2025."
- "The Indonesian Minister of Religion (Menag) Nasaruddin Umar revealed that his party had asked the Saudi Arabian government not to limit the age of prospective Indonesian pilgrims."
- "The Taliban regime on Saturday issued a message asserting that the rights of women are protected under Islamic laws, 'which are different from the Western society.'" For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb's "Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law."
- In Bangladesh, "[i]n support of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terror group's call to establish an 'Islamic state and caliphate globally,' the banned outfit's members took out a 'March for Khilafat' in Dhaka following Friday prayers, leading to clashes with police."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - "Sufyan Masih, a 24-year-old brick kiln worker and Christian, has been legally allowed to register as a Christian following a 6-year-long legal ordeal in Pakistan. Masih was fraudulently 'converted' and registered by his employer as a Muslim on his National Identity Card. "
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: - Talk: "On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran" with Bahman Khodadadi, Harvard University, March 25, 2025.
- Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop: "Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia." with M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), April 1, 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.
- Prize: Undergraduate Thesis Prize, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, April 11, 2025.
- Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop: Latifeh Aavani (Harvard University), "The Global Codification Movement and the Development of Legal Reforms in 19th-Century Iran," April 14, 2025.
- Workshop: Parchment, Paper, Inks, and Gold, The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program and Harvard Art Museums, May 1, 2025.
- Prize: Doctoral Dissertation Prize, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, May 16, 2025.
- Fellowship: May-Crane Fellowships, Harvard University 2025 (deadline to be announced).
Calendar: - Seminar: "Pre-Islamic Epigraphy and the Context of the Quran" with Ahmad Al-Jallad, Princeton University, March 17, 2025.
- Online Talk: "The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan" with Shamsad Pasarlay, Florida State University, March 20, 2025.
- IISMM Seminar Series: "Waqf: a component of civil society strategies," IISMM, France (remote option), March 21, 2025.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe (EUME), Berlin, March 26, 2025.
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Legal Research & Analysis, volume 3, issue 1, April 15, 2025.
- IISMM Seminar Series: "The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal," IISMM, France (remote option), April 18, 2025.
- Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS, Lahore, April 18-20, 2025.
- Symposium: 12th Annual Graduate Symposium, hosted by the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC), Montreal, April 24, 2025 (deadline February 17, 2025).
- Call for Papers: Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence, Royal Holloway University University of London, April 30, 2025 (deadline March 15, 2025).
- Grant: MESA Global Academy 2025 – 2026 Application, May 1, 2025.
- Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, May 1-3, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5, 2025).
- Call for Papers: 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, May 2-3, 2025 (Deadline: January 31, 2025).
- Call for Papers: " Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy," University of Villanova School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, May 5-6, 2025 (Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2025).
- 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).
- IISMM Seminar Series: "From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences," IISMM, France, May 16, 2025.
- LSA 2025 Annual Meeting: Chicago, Illinois from May 22-25, 2025 (Early registration: December 3, 2024; registration: January 3, 2025).
- Call for Papers: "Towards a Global Ecological-Economic Legal Framework," ESIL IG, Paris, June 6-7, 2025 (deadline February 28, 2025).
- 2025 Hurst Summer Institute: Legal History, University of Wisconsin Law School, June 15-27, 2025.
- Conference: Law, Culture, and Humanities 27th Annual Conference, Georgetown University, June 17-18, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 31, 2025).
- IISMM Seminar Series: "Waqfs, women and circles of power," IISMM, France (remote option), June 20, 2025.
- Conference: The Middle Ages in the Modern World, London Strand Campus, King's College London, June 24-26, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 13, 2025).
- Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies, July 7 – August 8, 2025.
- Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, August 18-29, 2025 (Application deadline: May 5, 2025).
- Faculty Fellow: Faculty Fellow in Near Eastern Studies, New York University, 2025-2026, September 1, 2025 (Deadline: March 24, 2025).
- Call for Papers: ASLH 2025 Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 13-15, 2025 (Deadline: March 25, 2025).
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025 (Proposal deadline: February 13, 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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