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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Our newsletter is out for the month of June! This newsletter announces the recent issue of the Journal of Islamic Law, primary sources from South Africa, and much more! Check it out today pil.law.harvard.edu/june-newslet...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We are please to announce the publication of the seventh volume of the open-access, peer-reviewed Journal of Islamic Law! buff.ly/VeAs215

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Join us on Tuesday, April 7th at 12:30-1:30PM US EST where Professor Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California) will give a talk on his publication The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2023)! Registration is required. harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Join us next month on April 16th at 12pm EST via Zoom for the Roundtable on Knowledge in the Islamic Court which will conclude the series of essays on the ISLAMICLAWblog! Registration is required. buff.ly/rfoa8AY

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

If you missed Professor Sohaira Siddiqui's ILSS talk last month, you're in luck because the recording is now available online! Watch the video today! pil.law.harvard.edu/ilss-sohaira...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

“Women’s inheritance rights in Pakistan are protected by law and Islam, yet social pressure forces many to waive property, creating a pattern of silent disinheritance.” Read more in our recent roundup! buff.ly/xM6181l

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is Bahadin H. Kerborani‘s “Short Introduction to Kurdish Online Resources” compiles a list of “online primary and secondary Kurdish resources and collections that might make knowledge and sources more accessible.” #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/QsAFA3g

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the BADR project which "includes 43 texts, around 700,000 words, and several tens of thousands of encoded named entities" extracted from al-Maktaba al-Shamela and the OpenITI repository. #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/x8bYTdn

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Have you checked out our newsletter for the month of February? Check it out today! pil.law.harvard.edu/february-new...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

In February and March, we hosted a roundtable on “Knowledge in the Islamic Court.” We thank the contributors for their essays. In case you missed them, here they are! islamiclaw.blog/2026/03/19/t...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

In a recent statement, Dr. Raghib Naeemi of Pakistan‘s Council of Islamic Ideology outlined the “fundamental difference” between “zakat and voluntary charity (sadaqa).” Read more today! islamiclaw.blog/2026/03/16/i...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

As the month of Ramadan concludes, the entire community at the Program in Islamic Law and the SHARIAsource Lab at Harvard Law School send well wishes for a reflective, joyous, and nourishing Eid!

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the “Arabic LLM Benchmarks,” a comprehensive GitHub repository “of Arabic LLMs benchmarks and evaluation benchmarks, curated from systematic research on evaluating Arabic Large Language Models.” #FieldGuideFridays islamiclaw.blog/2026/03/13/w...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Join us on Tuesday, March 10th at 12:30PM US EST via Zoom where Professor Ihsan Yilmaz will discuss his monograph Sharia as Informal Law: Lived Experiences of Young Muslims in Western Societies (Routledge, 2024)! Registration is required harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the Saiful Bahri Collection which contains “digital images of 23 manuscripts owned by Saiful Bahri of Lambunot, Besar Regency." #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/L7cufoQ

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

As the month of Ramadan begins, we at the Program in Islamic Law and SHARIAsource Lab send you well wishes for a joyous month full of blessings.

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is M-Classi, a digital tool "conceived primarily as a means of cataloging and interrogating the classifications of the sciences in Islam and those of the cultures with which the Islamicate world came into contact.” #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/QOJtOyK

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Join us on tomorrow at 12:30-1:30PM EST via Zoom, where Professor Sohaira Siddiqui (Georgetown University) will give a talk on her latest monograph, Islamic Law on Trial: Contesting Colonial Power in British India (University of California Press, 2025)! Registration is required. buff.ly/s9N4N50

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🎙️ Step into the world of Islamic legal studies with our podcast series! Join us for one-on-one conversations with top scholars, delving into their latest book projects and insights on the field. Tune in today! islamiclaw.blog/podcastsandv...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“In Muslim-majority societies—and particularly in Egypt—scholars of Islamic law occupy a critical intersection between faith, public order, and social stability.” Read more in our recent roundup! islamiclaw.blog/2026/02/02/i...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

In “Interfaith Marriage: Can a Muslim Woman Marry a Non-Muslim Man?” (Comparative Islamic Studies), Nayel Badareen “examines the legal reasoning behind the law which forbids Muslim women from marrying outside their faith." Read more today! islamiclaw.blog/2026/01/30/w...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is "Quantifying Islamic Law in the Modern State" which uses quantitative methods to “reconstruct” Islamic legal tradition through almost 800 shari’a court cases in Morocco from 1921–1957. #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/zeegKBT

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🚨 Opportunity 🚨 Professor Intisar Rabb is seeking Research Assistants for Spring 2026 to support two distinct projects within the Program in Islamic Law! Due: January 28, 2026 pil.law.harvard.edu/call-for-ras...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

As we begin the new year, we offer a curated snapshot of last year’s research and scholarship at the Program in Islamic Law and in the SHARIAsource Lab! islamiclaw.blog/2026/01/22/2...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of January! Check it out today! mailchi.mp/law.harvard....

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is “From Pen to Printing Press: Ten Centuries of Islamic Book Arts,” a permanent online collection adapted from the 2009 Indiana University Art Museum special exhibition of the same name.#FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/QQDHNpi

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

As we begin the new year, we look back at the Islamic Law Blog’s most-read posts of 2025! islamiclaw.blog/2026/01/20/t...

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Before we turn the page on 2025, we reflect on the highlights of the past year at the Program in Islamic Law and the SHARIAsource Lab. We’ve brought it all together with a video montage of the year in pictures!

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the Haji Nurdin Ismail digitized manuscript collection which contains nine eighteenth–twentieth century manuscripts in Arabic and Malay, including works of fiqh and tafsīr, currently housed in Sumatra, Indonesia. #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/03GaLgl

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

“Global Islamic finance assets grew by approximately 14.9% year-on-year in 2025, reaching nearly USD 5.2 trillion.” Read more in our recent roundup! buff.ly/HOmIkGh

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is Farasa, a "full-stack package to deal with Arabic Language Processing.” #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/xDuJmB2

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the Surau Sheikh Abdurrahman Collection of Sufic Texts, which “were digitised as part of the EAP205 Endangered Manuscript Collections of Sufi Brotherhoods in Western Sumatra project." #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/OqKp05c

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

What is a "non-canon" and why does it matter? The SHARIAsource Lab analyzed nearly 6,000 canons & found hundreds of non-canons that they then classified as legal prompts, topic markers, fragments, dissent signals, or citations. This visualization shows their frequency based on these classifications.

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

We are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2026–2027 PIL Research Fellowship the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School. Applications are now open, with a submission deadline of February 13, 2026. Apply today! buff.ly/tbkiXiT

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Our newsletter is out for the month of December! Check it out today! buff.ly/kt2ATfI

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

In Qatar, “the newly established International Islamic Bioethics Association (IIBA) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) convened its inaugural meeting, marking a significant milestone in promoting bioethical discourse within an Islamic framework.” Read more today! buff.ly/wy6U3Hk

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is QURAN-MD, which “supports various applications, including natural language processing, speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, linguistic analysis, and digital Islamic studies." #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/LBGEr36

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Did you know that the SHARIAsource portal features historical maps, including ones of 8th and 10th century Maghreb by Ḥusayn Mu’nis in "Aṭlas Tārīkh al-Islām" (Cairo: Al-Zahraa For Arab Mass Media, 1987/1407)? Check them out today! buff.ly/YkyP3aU

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“Ruya, the UAE’s digital-first Islamic bank, has become the first Islamic bank globally to allow customers to buy and sell Bitcoin directly through its mobile app.” Read more in our recent roundup! buff.ly/y8W2a8I

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Have you check out our November newsletter? Check it out today and don't forget to subscribe to receive our newsletter straight to your inbox if you have not already! buff.ly/rit4YNe

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the KITAB Project’s Diff Viewer is “an application that allows you to see the differences between two related pieces of text…[and] can be used with any two (relatively short) pieces of related text.” #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/A6DMQRg

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online the Archival Records from the Digitisation of Minangkabau’s Manuscript Collections in Suraus contain more than 250 manuscripts from West Sumatra, Indonesia. #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/bDt2zkB

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

“The Federal Sharia Court of Umm Al Quwain has ruled that a woman must return nearly Dh200,000 to her former husband after finding her responsible for ending their marriage before it was consummated.” Read more in our recent roundup! buff.ly/MNW9vet

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Have you checked out our portal's "The Nigeria Papers: Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria" special collection? It includes collection of documentary material and scholarly analysis on the programs of “sharīʿa implementation” undertaken by twelve northern Nigerian states. buff.ly/AH4Q2Is

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

In a recent interview, Malaysian director Erma Fatima expressed a desire to “produce syariah-compliant works that do not have scenes of man-woman intimacy and overtly revealing dresses.” Read more in our recent Islamic Law in the News Roundup! buff.ly/HdWRsNm

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the Raja Fahrul Collection of Islamic Manuscripts, which contains 19 digitized manuscripts in Arabic, Dutch, Indonesian, and Malay from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/uDNfTqZ

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The Special Collection on Islamic Law in the Age of Colonialism is a collection of over 3300 legal writings, compendia, & related studies commissioned by, or in relation to, colonial powers ruling Muslim societies. Check it out on the SHARIAsource Portal today! buff.ly/nTLYsBi

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Read Prof. Jonathan Brockopp's recent essay on the ISLAMICLAWblog titled "Four manuscripts from the Mālikī tradition: NLPCPM, Raqqada, 10-1648" today! buff.ly/MCQB6Ip

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is Al-Azhar University's free access to issues of Majallat al-Azhar as downloadable PDFs. The collection currently spans issues published between 1349 and 1435 AH (1931 and 2013 CE). Check it out today! #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/sE35n8O

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SHARIAsource@Harvard @shariasource.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A popular document on the SHARIAsource portal this month is a section of the Hudood Ordinances about sexual offenses such as adultery, fornication, and rape. Check them out today! buff.ly/L4PQHwu

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