01 June 2017
Triple Talaq before the Indian Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has to decide a case that has captured India’s political, constitutional and social imagination – a challenge to the constitutional validity of triple talaq, a practice that allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife unilaterally simply by uttering the word “talaq” thrice. Continue reading >>
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22 May 2017
Afghanistan’s Constitution between Sharia Law and International Human Rights
Afghanistan’s 2004 constitution is a compromise between liberal internationalists, local clerics and warlords. Apostasy cases are the constitution’s litmus test. Continue reading >>17 June 2012
Caring for the soul: authority, ethics and knowledge practices in British sharia councils
In Recht im Kontext’s Rechtskulturen Colloquium this Monday, 18 June […] Continue reading >>
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