Virtual Seminar: “International Norms and Islamic Principles: Exploring Commonalities for Peacebuilding,” Harvard Law School, December 10, 2024 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm

“The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presents a virtual seminar with Dr. Houda Abadi, Eldridge Adolfo, Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, and Mark Muller Stuart (KC). The speakers will introduce a new dimension to contemporary peacebuilding using an innovative to establishing commonalities between international norms and the Islamic principles of peacebuilding, approach

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran,” Bahman Khodadadi, Program in Islamic Law, December 10, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Dr. Bahman Khodadadi (Harvard Law School) will present On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran (Oxford University Press, 2024). This talk explores the roots and structures of the criminal law system of the world’s most prominent constitutional theocracy, the Shīʿī theocracy. While discussing

Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue, January 13, 2025

Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue Moratoriums on Islamic Criminal Punishments: Legal Debates and Current Practices The Journal of Islamic Law invites papers that explore both theoretical discussions and practical applications concerning the ḥudūd, penalties that Muslim jurists consider to be divinely ordained punishments. With the establishment of modern Islamic states and