Executive Director Rahmah A. Abdulaleem, Esq. presented on the current landscape including the new federal holiday for Juneteenth and its significance for American Muslims hosted by ADAMS Center….
Celebrating Juneteenth: Why Now? Presentation Read More »
…discussion of the current strategy of the media, which today prioritizes the “bottom line” over “content.” Thus, Ms. Taylor elucidated, “more salacious and more provocative” news is highlighted over content…
Tayyibah Taylor Speaks on the Portrayal of Muslim Women in the Media Read More »
By: Asifa Quraishi-Landes “For Muslims, Shari‘ah is the way they believe God wants us to live in the world. One would look to a particular source of understanding of what…
Shari’ah: What It Is and Isn’t (interview) Read More »
…the world of American constitutional theory. We will here set these debates next to each other, illustrating some important similarities between the two legal cultures clearly visible despite their differences….
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. Recent developments in the Arab World, especially those surrounding the Gulf War, prompted demands for the introduction of democratic changes to systems of government in that…
Islamic Constitutionalism and the Concept of Democracy Read More »
…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…
The Scope of Diversity and Ikhtilaf (Juristic Disagreement) in the Shari’ah Read More »
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 »
“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…
Zina, Rape, and Islamic Law: An Islamic Legal Analysis of the Rape Laws in Pakistan Read More »
…Americans have heard of Pakistan, and the reference is no longer exotic. Instead, the name conjures up confused images of women and non-Muslims in a third world country struggling to…
…the development of religion would be succeeded by science. Today, in American academia and the public sphere, we are witnessing the study of world religions, interreligious dialogues, comparative religion studies…
Teaching Other Faiths About Islam Read More »
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