Professor Zulfiqar and the “Mapping Covid Fatwa Project” (Harvard Law’s Digital Islamic Law Lab)

August 7, 2020.  Professor Adnan Zulfiqar presented as part of the “Mapping COVID Fatwās” Project, a project that he started in March 2020 in collaboration with Harvard Law. The “Mapping COVID Fatwās” Project seeks to explore the myriad of ways in which Islamic legal scholars around the world have responded to the current pandemic. From … Continue reading Professor Zulfiqar and the “Mapping Covid Fatwa Project” (Harvard Law’s Digital Islamic Law Lab)

Professor Zulfiqar publishes “Pursuing Over-Criminalization at the Expense of Islamic Law”

August 6, 2020.  Professor Adnan Zulfiqar publishes essay available here. This short essay, “Pursuing Over-Criminalization at the Expense of Islamic Law,” provides a critical assessment of certain aspects of Brunei’s new criminal code. The international community has rightly condemned the Code’s potential violations of human rights norms against torture and individual freedom. Most condemnations have … Continue reading Professor Zulfiqar publishes “Pursuing Over-Criminalization at the Expense of Islamic Law”