SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Islam and Cults: A Study of the Implementation of the Fatwa Policy of the Indonesian Ulema Council" (Pharos Journal of Theology 105, no. 2 (2024)), Arief Marizki Purba (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)…  | By islamiclawblog on August 23, 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law - In "Islam and Cults: A Study of the Implementation of the Fatwa Policy of the Indonesian Ulema Council" (Pharos Journal of Theology 105, no. 2 (2024)), Arief Marizki Purba (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia) and others argue that the Indonesian Ulema Council "plays an essential role in maintaining the order of religious life in Indonesia by determining the religious life of Muslims based on Islamic teachings."
- In "Minister vs. Mufti the struggle over 'moderate Islam' in wartime Syria (2011–2021)" (Mediterranean Politics, August 22, 2024), Thomas Pierret (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, France) explores competing interpretations of Islamic law in the context of the recent conflict in Syria, arguing that "'moderate Islam' had become the focus of competing definitions by conservatives, who equated it with traditional Sunni doctrines, and modernists, who advocated innovative interpretations of the Scriptures and further secularization of law and education."
- In "Conservative Muslims in Indonesia's religious and political landscapes: Ahok's blasphemy case as a political leverage" (Cogent Social Sciences 10, no. 1 (2024)), Imam Yahya (Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo, Semarang, Indonesia) and Sulistiyono Susilo (Institute of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) analyze the "blasphemy fatwa case involving the former Jakarta Governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok)," concluding that " this fatwa deviates from the traditional approach of [the Indonesia Ulema Council], which primarily emphasizes the strengthening of Islamic law with a focus on adherence to Islamic norms."
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: - Rah-i Kargar is a Farsi periodical that can be accessed online through a webpage maintained by the Digital Library of the Middle East. The online collection comprises 5 issues of the periodical.
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