SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Reviewing Sherman Jackson's (USC) The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2023), Mustafa Akyol argues that the book's main thesis is "that Islamic law, namely the Shari'ah, does not cover all the vast ar…  | By islamiclawblog on November 22, 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law - Reviewing Sherman Jackson's (USC) The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2023), Mustafa Akyol argues that the book's main thesis is "that Islamic law, namely the Shari'ah, does not cover all the vast areas of human experience and knowledge, leaving many spaces that are 'secular,' where Muslims can still act and think with a religious ethos."
- In "Despite the obstacles, Muslim women play an active role in peacebuilding" (LSE Blog, November 13, 2024), Maha Akeel explores how Muslim women engage in peacebuilding efforts, often drawing on Islamic legal principles of justice and reconciliation to advocate for social harmony and conflict resolution.
- In "Progressive modern Muslim scholars reconnect to the rationalist tradition in Islam" (Sabrang India, November 15, 2024), Adis Duderija (Griffith University) examines how progressive Muslim scholars are reviving Islam's rationalist legal tradition, emphasizing reinterpretation and critical inquiry within Sharia to address contemporary challenges.
- In "Role of Islamic Trade Finance in Empowering SMEs in Central Asia" (The Asian Times, November 15, 2024), Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol (International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation) highlights how Islamic trade finance, guided by Sharia principles such as interest-free lending and profit-sharing, supports the growth of SMEs in Central Asia.
- In "Adaptation of Islamic Criminal Law in Facing Digital Economic Crime in the Era of Technological Disruption" (Istinbath: Jurnal Hukum 21, no. 2 (2024)), Ahmad Lutfi Rijalul Fikri (STIS Darul Falah Pagutan Mataram NTB) "examines the adaptation of Islamic criminal law in facing the challenges of digital economic crimes, such as online fraud, money laundering, and skimming."
On Islam and Data Science Scholar Updates - "Mahmood Kooria, lecturer of History and Classics at the University of Edinburgh, has won the 2024 Infosys Prize in Humanities and Social Sciences. He has been recognised for his pioneering research into maritime Islamic laws and culture, and the role they played in shaping economic, political and cultural transformation in the Indian Ocean region."
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: - Émile Béchard's Oriental Studies Photographs is a collection of 90 digitized photographs, produced in the late 19th century, that capture scenes of daily life, architecture, and cultural practices in the Middle East and North Africa.
UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: - 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: - 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.
- Writing Workshop: The American Institute for Maghrib Studies Graduate Student Writing Workshop, February 27-28, 2025 (Application deadline: January 3, 2025).
- Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, May 1-3, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5, 2024).
- 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).
- 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: 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).
- 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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