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Pettiness in the Iraqi Political Classes: The Regulation of Ceremonies, No. 4 of 2016
05/07/18 - Iraq Blogs - No Comments
Those looking for reasons to be despondent over the small-mindedness that seems to infect much Iraqi law and legal practice need look no further than the Regulation of Ceremonies, No. 4 of 2016. The regulation is meant to deal specifically with the etiquette of “ceremonies” (مراسم), and most importantly, preferences and orders of various personages within…
Islamic Law Casebook Published by Aspen!
03/14/18 - Iraq Blogs, Shari'a Blogs - No Comments
Islamic Law in Modern Courts, by Haider Ala Hamoudi and Mark Cammack Dear all: Apologies for my long absence in writing, but my position as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs has proven more time consuming than I anticipated. Just a brief note to say the very first casebook that deals deeply with how modern state…
The Jawahir Vol. 41:258 Fornication
01/20/17 - Jawahir - No Comments
Continuing with the commentary on the Jawahir, let’s start with its passage to open the discussion on the first of the Scriptural Crimes, that of fornication: On Fornication (Zina) It is shortened, and written with a Y [زنى -ed.], and lengthened and written with an A [زناء -ed.]. There is a consensus on its religious prohibition in…
Religious Freedom and Islamic Law in the Age of Trump
12/15/16 - Uncategorized - 1 Comment
Eventually, I do promise to return to the subject of modern Shi’i law and the Jawahir, but first, let us speak of Allen West, he the former congressmen from Florida who has recently spoken in praise of the extermination of the Muslims and has been rewarded for this 21st version of the Final Solution with…