…ikhtilaf in Islamic las is the prevalence of at least five different schools of jurisprudence which have survived to this day and have followers throughout the Muslim world. “ Download…
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By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Prophet Muhammad, who carried the message of Islam, was illiterate. The first divine world revealed to him was the imperative: ‘Read.’ The rest of the Qur’an…
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By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “The new millennium is blowing winds of change over the Muslim world. After centuries of relative seclusion, Muslim women have awakened to their critical role in…
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“The zina and rape laws of Pakistan are the subject of heated debate both inside and outside the Muslim world. Opponents of the Shari’a law have found in the subject…
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…of over-secularization of the law of contract, a trend that led to a trivialization of the marriage contract, and hence of the commitment of some marriage partners to it. On…
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…battle Islamic fundamentalism. Recent reports of the unjust application of Pakistan’s rape laws, enacted as part of the “Islamization” of Pakistani law, further cement the impression that Islam is bad…
…the world seem to say that about shari’a. And it seems to come from both lay people and those in authority and government positions. And then there are the various…
By: Dr. Zainab Alwani Over the course of the last century, we have witnessed a revival of religion and religious traditions, contrary to speculations about the gradual decline of religion…
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…that seeks to bring together a select group of Muslim women from around the world to study and learn from each other as well as top professors specializing in an…
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Executive Director Rahmah A. Abdulaleem, Esq. presented on a panel for World Interfaith Harmony Week on “How We Deal with COVID, Social Injustice and Polarization?” hosted by the PrHow ince…
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