For readers interested in Islamic law and society, and especially for those who might not have thought that Malaysia is…
Conversion and demographic anxieties
sharia
Liberal rights and religious rites
While Constituting Religion provides a detailed case study of Malaysia, the argument Moustafa develops has important implications for much of…
Constituting Religion—An introduction
Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that are meant to embed religion in state law. In many cases, the broad…
Hacking and intentionality
While Ahmed’s descriptive claim is a compelling deconstructive critique of Islamic law, I think hacking will become an untenable tool…
Islamic law as “code”: Language, system, power
Ahmed situates hacking as faithful work for the Muslim, and also as deeply anchored in Islamic jurisprudential traditions. Fiqh (Islamic…
Hacking and “common sense”
When the ulema in Northern Nigeria did not hack the fiqh but rather simply reproduced medieval codes in greatly reductionist…
Sharia Compliant—An introduction
Observing and participating in Muslim conversations on Islamic law through a decolonial lens led me to see that debate as…
Egypt and the elusiveness of shar’iyyah
Political legitimacy in the Arab world has often been derived from Islam. Both sharia (Islamic law) and shar’iyyah (legal, legality…
Egypt after the coup
On July 3, 2013, after four days of intense public protests, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was removed, by force, from…
Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law
In his new book, Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law, Anver Emon discusses Islamic legal doctrines and their implications for religious diversity…