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Shi'a "Proselytization" and an Egyptian Lynching 26 Jun 2013 | 03:58 am
Last summer I posted about the manner in which the Shi'a tend to regard their Sunni brethren from a theological perspective. I noted that the going opinion among the lead Ayatollahs tends to be that ...
Islamic Ignorance and the Muslim Terrorist: The Curious Case of Chiheb Essegheiar 22 Jun 2013 | 03:00 am
To those unaware, some accused Canadian terrorist by the name of Chiheb Essegheiar under arrest for allegedly attempting to bomb a passenger train, is insisting that he will only agree to a lawyer who...
Seals, Signatures and the Banner of Abbas: Formalisms of Contractual Finality 21 May 2013 | 08:25 pm
I recently returned from Iraq supposedly on paternity leave but in fact on leave attempting to fight for time with my kid among an assortment of grandparents (completely understandable), uncles and au...
Tolerance and Multiple Marriage 8 Mar 2013 | 09:18 pm
I was reading last night through the leading commentary on Iraq's Personal Status Law, written decades ago by Dr. Ahmed Al Kubaisi in connection with an upcoming casebook on Islamic Law that I am coau...
Rumi, Reason and Shi'ism 4 Mar 2013 | 08:43 pm
I was reading my Arabic translation of Rumi’s Mathanwi over the weekend. (Admittedly, it is originally in Farsi, which should mean that English would do quite as well as Arabic, but for me, all respec...
Qaradawi on Economics and Politics 26 Feb 2013 | 09:19 pm
I have been derelict in posting, I realize, with more than two months passing since my last post. My wife and I had our first child about 40 days ago, and it's been busy, hence the delay. Should be b...
Great New Book on Islamic Law in the Mamluk Era by Kristen Stilt 22 Dec 2012 | 12:44 am
The book is probably a year old by now, but as with academic book reviews generally, mine is delayed, and doesn't come out for a few months yet. But my review, which points out considerable areas of ...
A Problem of Overselling: Realistic Expectations and Islamic Finance 23 Nov 2012 | 06:12 pm
I realize I have been derelict in my posts and that nearly two months have passed since my previous post. Incredible personal and professional obligations elsewhere have kept me occupied, unfortunatel...
What the NFL's Replacement Referees Have to Do with Islamic Law 27 Sep 2012 | 08:28 am
The other day as I was watching Sportscenter on ESPN (a guilty pleasure, I allow myself 20 minutes a week) I heard Herm Edwards say something quite interesting about the replacement referees that have...
Are Salafists "Literalists"? 20 Sep 2012 | 11:00 pm
I heard an interesting report this morning by Leila Fadel on National Public Radio describing the Ansar al-Shari'a crazies in Libya who at least appear to endorse the killing of Ambassador Stevens as ...
