SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Haroon Bashir (Markfield Institute of Higher Education) discusses his new monograph, Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition (Oxford University Press), which "explores how scholar… Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law Blog Read on blog or Reader Weekend Scholarship Roundup By islamiclawblog on August 1, 2025 SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Haroon Bashir (Markfield Institute of Higher Education) discusses his new monograph, Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition (Oxford University Press), which "explores how scholars promoting abolition in the name of Islam transformed the debate around Islam and slavery."  In "Intellectual Property and Islamic Finance: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Islamic Intellectual Property Finance Framework" (Thunderbird International Business Review), Nadia Naim (Aston University) and Noor Suhaida Kasri (Inceif University) analyze the "intersection of Intellectual Property (IP) and Islamic finance, proposing a policy framework to integrate IP valuation into Sharia-compliant financing." In "Divergent Interpretations of Section 4 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 by the Superior Judiciary of Pakistan" (Islamic Studies), Haseeb Fatima Saikhu (independent scholar) investigates "different interpretations of Section 4 by the superior judiciary" and argues that "the judiciary needs to develop a consistent approach in constructing and applying Section 4 for clarity in the distribution of shares to grandchildren." On Islam and AI/Data Science In "Considering religious moderation in Islamic law through AI ChatGPT and Bahsul Masail of Nahdlatul Ulama" (Innovation and Technology), Nur Faizin (Universitas Negeri Malang) and others use a "qualitative-comparative approach and textual analysis" to compare responses from ChatGPT and Indonesia's Bahsul Masail to Islamic legal questions." [login required] In "Al-Ghazali's Principle of Trust (Amanah) as a Framework for Ethical AI Governance in Organizations" (AI and Ethics), Bahar Serevan (Ibn Haldun University) argues that "incorporating Amanah, a core trait of ethical leadership from an Islamic perspective, into AI governance frameworks can effectively balance spiritual values with technological advancements." [login required] 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: The Database of Ottoman Inscriptions is a "searchable digital database comprising information about, as well as transliterations and pictures of, all the Turkish, Arabic and Persian architectural inscriptions created in the Ottoman lands during Ottoman times." UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES Calendar: 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. Comment

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