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The Journal of Islamic Law  welcomes scholarship in Islamic law for its main publication as well as its dynamic forum, which features scholarly responses, debates, and new developments in Islamic law scholarship or at the intersection of Islamic law and data science. 

We seek articles of up to 15,000 words for the Journal of Islamic Law, and essays of up to 5,000 words for the Journal of Islamic Law Online Forum. Submissions for this year’s issue are due by October 15, 2025, and must be submitted through either Scholastica or our online submissions portal. Once accepted, the paper goes through a process of peer review, a final decision on acceptance, editing, and publication. This issue of the Journal of Islamic Law will be published in April 2026. For detailed submission guidelines, please visit our submissions webpage. For further questions, please contact us at [email protected].

Submissions, unless otherwise noted for special issues, may take many forms, including: Articles & Essays, Student Notes, and Book/Tech Reviews. Both single-author and co-authored submissions are welcome.