Tag: HUDUD
The Language of Mercy in Islamic Discourse | Face to Face
In this Face to Face episode, Sheikh Alomgir Ali discusses the language of mercy in contemporary Islamic discourse.
Tunisia, Reformation and the Reverse-Engineering of the Sharīʿah
Reverse-engineering of Islamic rulings takes place when certain legal principles, Islamic ideas and scholarly statements are cherry-picked and elevated to act as sources of Shariah...
Doubt in Islamic Law – a history of avoiding punishment
Book Review - Doubt in Islamic Law: A History of Legal Maxims, Interpretation, and Islamic Criminal Law "Avoid imposing criminal sanctions in cases of doubt" - idra’u ‘l-hudud bi’l-shubahat - is the juristic maxim at…
Does the Bible conform to ‘British Values’?
Now, in broad daylight, Islām is at the centre of an unmatched ideological attack. This concerted media effort has echoed into government, driving forward many punitive measures against the UK’s Muslim minority.…