…Haynes, Professor of law at New England School of Law. She is a leading international scholar on immigration law, human rights law, human trafficking, post-conflict reconstruction, migration and humanitarian law….
Continuing advocacy against violence, KARAMAH gives two presentations at the UN CSW Read More »
…of American Muslims and Islamophobic trainings to law enforcement and military personnel. During the meeting, which was attended by representatives of civil society organizations as well as federal government agencies,…
KARAMAH Leadership Presses Civil Rights Concerns at DOJ Meeting Read More »
On July 1, 2011, a Thai delegation of human rights activists, NGO leaders and a Law Professor visited KARAMAH as part of the Department of State’s International Visitors Leadership Program…
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…
Symposium on Religious Law Read More »
By: Mohammad Hashim Kamali “This essay is presented in five sections beginning with general characterisation of the maqasid al-Shari’ah and its origins in the Qur’an. The next section addresses the…
Maqasid Al-Shari’ah: The Objectives of Islamic Law Read More »
…religiously-justified laws in Muslim countries, many Muslim women have defended Islam as the guarantor par excellence of women’s rights. This broad perceptual gap among women was partly explained by some…
Islam, Law, and Custom: Redefining Muslim Women’s Rights Read More »
By: Nevine Abdullah “On August 16, 2010, The New York Times reported that the Taliban, in Afghanistan, ordered their first public executions by stoning since their fall from power. They…
Patriarchal Customs, Not Shariah Law Read More »
By: Abed Awad, Esq. The near-complete ban of abortion in Alabama coupled with the proposed anti-abortion legislation spreading around the country bring into focus the destructive consequences visited upon women’s…
…the laws of England, the couple had never entered into a valid marriage. The court also disagreed with the Wife that the couple had entered into a common-law marriage. “Virginia…
…Muslim women’s rights, Islam and democracy, and humans rights in Islam, and is widely published in law journals and other legal publications. Dr. al-Hibri has lectured extensively within the United…
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