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[Opinion] Qāḍī by Necessity: Muḥammad al-Khartikunī against the “Wahhabis” in 1980s Dagestan

By Paolo Sartori In 2018, the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Dagestan published a collection of fatāwā (Islsamic legal opinions) crafted between the 1950s and 1980s by the cleric Muḥammad al-Badawī …Read Article

Apocalypse in the Tian Shan: Or the Story of a Wasted Fatwā

By Paolo Sartori In 1956 rumors spread in Socialist Kyrgyzstan that the apocalypse was imminent, and it would happen in the early summer of that year.[1] A date was set for this major event, and that was June 16.[2] The news caught the attention of the Council for the Affairs of Religious Cults (henceforth CARC), the institution that supervised all confessional activities in the USSR. CARC commissioners specifically monitored Muslim religiosity …Naryn · Naryn Read Article

Duale Insists Muslims Will Uphold Islamic Inheritance Laws Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has strongly rejected a recent Supreme Court ruling on Islamic inheritance, maintaining that Muslims willKenya · Kenya See the Story

Saving Lost Souls: Fatwās Against Suicide in Socialist Uzbekistan

By Paolo Sartori Female suicides plagued Soviet Central Asia at least since the 1950s,[1] but their number increased significantly in the 1980s, during which period they became a matter of public concern in the USSR. The following is an excerpt from a report penned by a member of the Society for the Transmission of Political and Scientific Knowledge,[2] a state-sponsored institution for the promotion of atheism, which draws attention to the phen…Samarkand · Samarkand Read Article

Servicing the Needs of a Community: Imamic Agency versus Local Demands

By Edmund Hayes A great body of Twelver legal doctrines is expressed through the Twelver ḥadīth corpus. A large body of these reports, like Sunnī ḥadīth, take the narrative form of members of the community asking questions. This can be seen a trope: a literary device that conveniently allows for the conveying of specific information. However, unless one wishes to resort to an unnecessarily nihilistic skepticism, we should assume it also reflects…Qom · Qom Read Article

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Professionals can lead PAS [Malaysia] as long as their decisions are guided by ‘syarak’ (Islamic principles), sa[id] deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man. Commenting on calls to retain ulama leadership should party president Abdul Hadi Awang step down at the party elections in September, Tuan Ibrahim said it has long been a tradition in the party: ‘It doesn’t necessarily have to be a ulama. What’s most important is to…Kuala Lumpur · Kuala Lumpur Read Article

Iran Confirms Adviser Shamkhani Survived Israeli Strike as Foreign Minister Foils Assassination Bid

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Islamic Law in the News Roundup

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The Grand Mufti [of Saudia Arabia] emphasized that performing Hajj without a permit constitutes a grave violation of Islamic law, as it violates the system and the public interest.” Meanwhile, “Muslim students from the Islamic University of Madinah in the Hejaz Region [have been asked to] participat[e] in the Hajj rituals of Hady and Adahi by offering guidance on animal sacrifice this weekend.” “More than 1,000 furoda h…Saudi Arabia · Saudi Arabia Read Article

The Rejection of Legal Pluralism and Its Consequences

By Edmund Hayes In 260/874, upon the death of the Eleventh Imam of the Twelver Shīʿa, al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskari, a crisis hit the inner circle of the Imam’s family. The Imam’s inheritance was contested between the Imam’s mother, Ḥudayth (d. perhaps before 281/894–95), and his brother, Jaʿfar (d. perhaps 281/894–95), known to posterity as “the Liar” for his claim to be the Twelfth Imam himself. Twelver accounts vilify Jaʿfar “the Liar” for resorting to…Iran · Iran Read Article

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