Sherman Jackson on Differences in Legal-Political Philosophy between Establishment and Non-Establishment Scholars
That al-Qarafi should concern himself with matters of government might appear at first blush to contradict the widely touted notion …
Category Archives: Islamic Law
Megan H. Reid on the Nature of the Academy in Medieval Islam
‘Considering the number of hours that pious men and women spent awake at night in prayer, reciting the Qur’an in …
Anatol Lieven on Justice in Pakistan
The Police “The problems affecting the police and the official judicial system in Pakistan are so many and so great …
Excerpt by Wael B. Hallaq on ‘Women and divorce in pre-Modern Islam’
A longish excerpt but interesting none the less. ‘Much litigation about property related to lapsed divorce payments and inheritance settlements. …
