::Roundtable:: The Book and AI: How Artificial Intelligence is and is not Changing Islamic Law by Intisar Rabb and Mairaj Syed By Intisar Rabb & Mairaj Syed The invention of the wheel, the printing press, and the internet itself swept over the world in torrents that shaped human interaction with each other and the world, Islam […]
According to Islamic law, interest is prohibited. Prohibition of Interest The word used in connection with interest in the Quran is Riba, the connotation of which is not identical with […]
Bloomberg+ FOLLOW Published: 4:05pm, 13 Sep, 2023 Most Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia are in favour of making strict Islamic rules the official law of these multi-religious countries, polling from the Pew Research Centre showed […]
ByNews Track Jun 20 2022 New Delhi: An important observation of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has come to the fore on the issue of the right age of marriage […]
Passing inheritance down through men is an old practice. Though the law ensures women’s right to inherit, old habits die hard. Umar Bacha Published March 5, 2022 – dawn.com In 2017, when Pihlwan Baig was still alive, he transferred his land to his six children, dividing it among his four daughters and […]
Christian LangeMon., October 4, 2021 The Taliban are back in the saddle and, with them, the dreadful spectre of the harsh punishments meted out in their previous time in power: […]
Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz. (SPA) The mother told her children that the criminal should remain safe until authorities arrest him TAREQ AL-THAQAFI February 22, 2021 MAKKAH: The […]
By Nasim Rehmatullah and Amjad Mahmood Khan, originally published in 2010 Shariah is a misunderstood and misused concept. Critics of Islam frequently employ terms like “creeping shariah” to stoke fear amongst the masses. The Park 51 controversy and the increasing media focus on Islam provide an opportunity to educate Americans […]
Carli Pierson Apr 10· 2020 Author’s Note: This brief synopsis of Islamic law emphasizes the classical and medieval interpretative approaches, interspersed with contemporary points of view. This article is in no way attempts to deal with Islamic law in-depth; rather it is the goal of International Bridges to Justice to […]
Source: Al Jazeera Case involving Coptic Christian woman comes as calls for equal inheritance rights reverberate across the Arab world. An Egyptian woman is taking on the country’s inheritance laws […]
Editor’s Note: This is an old article, but we give you the link as the discussion about this subject seems to be continuing. Arafat Mazhar Updated December 09, 2014 Facebook Count Note: This blog was first published on Dawn.com on January 15, 2015. A few […]
Freedom of conscience cannot be denied under Islam and ijmah cannot be enforced on an individual Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH February 12, 2018 The great thing about being at Harvard is […]
Saudi father forgives the killer of his two sons for the sake of God and family ties. (Supplied) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 16 April 2017 Six months after the […]
656. Commandment – regarding inheritance [4:34] And to every one We have appointed heirs to what the parents and the relations leave, and also those with whom your oaths have ratified a contract. So give them their portion. Surely, Allah watches over all things. 657. Commandment – Both men and women have share […]
664. Commandment – Division of inheritance after the payment of any bequests he may have bequeathed or of debt [4:12] Allah commands you concerning your children: a male shall have as much as the share of two females; but if there be females only, numbering more than two, then they shall have two-thirds of […]
666. Commandment – Whoso apprehends from a testator a partiality or a wrong, and makes peace between them (the parties affected), it shall be no sin for him [2:183] But whoso apprehends from a testator a partiality or a wrong, and makes peace between them (the parties affected), it shall be […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 18 November 2015 JEDDAH: Expatriates are all praises for two Saudi men with golden hearts who donated SR225,000 to pay the diya (blood money) for a Filipino driver convicted of running over an Indian man on a motorway accident in the Kingdom. The kind gesture […]
TEHRAN — An Iranian mother spared the life of her son’s convicted murderer with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution with the noose around his neck, a newspaper reported Thursday. The dramatic climax followed a rare public campaign to save the life of Balal, who at 19 […]
FABIENNE FAUR | AFP ARABNEWS Wednesday 1 May 2013 WASHINGTON: A majority of Muslims around the world want Shariah law to be implemented in their countries but are split on how it should be applied, […]
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Monday 18 February 2013 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has paid blood money on behalf of an Indian driver convicted of killing nine people […]