SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In a recent issue of Religion (December 17, 2024), Clinton Bennett (State University of New York at New Paltz, USA) reviews Malika Zeghal's (Harvard University) The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and G…  | By islamiclawblog on January 3, 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law - In a recent issue of Religion (December 17, 2024), Clinton Bennett (State University of New York at New Paltz, USA) reviews Malika Zeghal's (Harvard University) The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024).
- Mahmood Kooria (The University of Edinburgh) was recently interviewed by Outlook India in a conversation that touched on the scholar's academic trajectory, Islamic legal history in South Asia, and the transformation of the concept of jihād, among others.
- Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (Swansea University) was recently interviewed by the Middle East Forum, discussing the feasibility of implementing Islamic law in contemporary Syria, as well as the situation of non-Sunni Muslims and non-Muslims in the country. The conversation delved into the legal, social, and political dynamics shaping religious minorities' status in a post-conflict Syria.
- In "Acehnese women: Crucial role in peacebuilding overlooked, discriminated by local regulations" (The Conversation, December 23, 2024), Suraiya Kamaruzzaman (Dosen Fakultas Teknik / Kepala Pusat Riset Perubahan Iklim USK, Universitas Syiah Kuala) argues that, in Aceh, Indonesia, "[r]egulations ostensibly implemented under Islamic law often restrict women's freedoms. For example, West Aceh's 2010 regulation requires women to wear skirts, prohibiting the use of trousers despite their roots in traditional Aceh's attire. Women become subjects of public inspection, and violations ends with them not receiving public services that should be open for any citizens." Consult the original 2010 regulation for more content and context.
On Islam and Data Science - In "Asset-Based Microfinance for Microenterprises: Evidence from Pakistan" (American Economic Review 114, no. 2 (2024)) Faisal Bari (Lahore University of Management Sciences) and others examine the integration of Islamic law-compliant microfinance practices in Pakistan, focusing on how Islamic finance principles, such as profit-sharing and interest-free loans, impact the economic activities of microenterprises in low-income communities.
- In "Microequity: Some Thoughts for an Emerging Research Agenda" (Oxford Review of Economic Policy 40 (2024)), Muhammad Meki (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies) and Simon Quinn (Imperial College Business School, UK) explore the potential of microequity as a tool for economic empowerment, emphasizing its alignment with Islamic finance principles, particularly equity-based financing, as an alternative to interest-based lending. It discusses the ethical and practical implications of applying Islamic law in microfinance models to support small-scale entrepreneurship.
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: - Ahangar was a Persian-language magazine that focused on literature, culture, and intellectual discourse. It addressed both contemporary and historical issues through essays, poetry, and critical commentary. The publication explored themes of social, political, and cultural relevance, aiming to bridge traditional and modern perspectives. It became an important platform for writers and thinkers in the Persian-speaking world but was eventually discontinued after contributing significantly to intellectual and cultural debates in its time.
UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: - 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: - 2025 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January 7-11, 2025.
- 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).
- Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS, Lahore, April 18-20, 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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