SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Doctrinal Change in Mālikī Law: the Case of Judicial Divorce On Account of Harm (ḍarar)" (Journal of Comparative Legal History, forthcoming), Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto Faculty of Law), "[u]si…  | By islamiclawblog on June 13, 2025 |  SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law - In "Doctrinal Change in Mālikī Law: the Case of Judicial Divorce On Account of Harm (ḍarar)" (Journal of Comparative Legal History, forthcoming), Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto Faculty of Law), "[u]sing the example of the distinctly Mālikī doctrine of a wife's right to judicial divorce based on harm (ḍarar) . . . explores how this rule became the basic position of the school by no later than the 8th/14th century when Khalīl b. Isḥāq included it in his authoritative Restatement of Mālikī law."
- In "MUI's fatwa on interfaith greetings and religious tolerance: can Indonesia find a middle ground?" (Frontiers in Communication 10 (2025)), Firdaus Yuni Dharta (Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang, Indonesia) and others "examine[] the ongoing debate surrounding the Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) fatwa on interfaith greetings, highlighting tensions between religious purity and social tolerance in Indonesia's pluralistic society."
- Jeffrey A. Redding (Melbourne Law School) reviews Sagnik Dutta's (Tilburg University and OP Jindal Global University) new book, In the Shadow of Minority Rights: Decolonising Gender, Liberalism and the Politics of Difference (Cambridge University Press, 2025), adding that the book "boldly engages with the tough realities of Indian Muslim life."
- In "Zakah in Non-Islamic Countries: Addressing Economic Struggles and Religious Commitments of Muslims" (SSRN, May 16, 2025), Dr. Masood Ahmed (Jazan University, Saudi Arabia) "probes into the reasons and examines why an investment in precious metals is comparatively less fruitful for a Muslim than for a non-Muslim due to Zakah obligations. It also investigates how Zakah fund, in the absence of a monitoring authority is unable to make a difference in the poverty conditions of Muslims in a non-Islamic societies non-Islamic societies."
- In "How Ottoman Empire fought theft in mosques, churches, and synagogues?" (Turkiye Today, June 8, 2025), Koray Erdogan observes that "[i]n the heart of the [Ottoman] empire, where religion was deeply entwined with everyday life, robbing places of worship was considered not only a crime but a moral collapse that demanded firm punishment."
- In "The struggles of navigating infertility in New Zealand as a Muslim couple" (The Spinoff, June 11, 2025), Nelly Martin-Anatias (Massey University, New Zealand) observes that "for practising Muslims, undergoing IVF treatment is not a decision made on their own. They need to consult how Islamic law considers the suggested medical intervention, and interpretations vary among the Islamic scholars (Imams) and sects around this issue.
On Islam and AI/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: - ismaili.net is the "[f]irst Ismaili Electronic Library and Database[.] Welcome to the [f]irst web site dedicated to H.H. The Aga Khan and to Ismailism."
UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES Calendar: - Prize: Phanor J. Eder Prize in Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee, June 13, 2025.
- 2025 Hurst Summer Institute: Legal History, University of Wisconsin Law School, June 15-27, 2025.
- Arabic Intensive Program: SABLA 2025 Summer Arabic Intensive Program, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Washington, D.C., June 16 – July 17, 2025 (Deadline June 2, 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).
- Symposium: Digital Methodologies for the Study of Religion Symposium, Coventry University, June 25, 2025.
- Wallace Johnson First Book Program, June 27, 2025.
- Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series, American Society for Legal History, June 30, 2025.
- Workshop: "From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies," Hamburg University, July 1-4, 2025 (Deadline: April 30, 2025)
- Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies, July 7 – August 8, 2025.
- Prize: Colin B. Picker Prize, Younger Comparativists Committee, August 15, 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).
- Summer School on Digital Humanities and Islamic Studies, September 1-4, 2025, Switzerland (Deadline: June 13, 2025).
- Call for Proposals: Paris Congress at 125: Comparative Law's Entanglement with Power from Paris to Today, McGill University, Canada, October 16-18, 2025 (Deadline: May 31, 2025).
- Conference: 5th ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization, University of Pittsburgh, November 5-7, 2025.
- Call for Papers: ASLH 2025 Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 13-15, 2025 (Deadline: March 25, 2025).
- Call for Papers: International Conference "Poetry and Knowledge," University of Münster, November 20-22, 2025 (Deadline: June 1, 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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