Talk Islam » islamic law http://talkislam.info a crescent waxing eloquent Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:15:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en In a three part series, I ramble about d … http://talkislam.info/2008/08/01/in-a-three-part-series-i-ramble-about-d/ http://talkislam.info/2008/08/01/in-a-three-part-series-i-ramble-about-d/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:39:22 +0000 aasem http://talkislam.info/2008/08/01/in-a-three-part-series-i-ramble-about-d/ In a three part series, I ramble about dynamics of change in Islamic law:

1. Normative Pluralism
2. Ifta’a, Ijtihad and Social Customs
3. Grundnorm, a cosmological myth

comments / criticism welcome.

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]]> http://talkislam.info/2008/08/01/in-a-three-part-series-i-ramble-about-d/feed/ The NYT’s public editor undermines Edwa … http://talkislam.info/2008/06/02/the-nyts-public-editor-undermines-edwa/ http://talkislam.info/2008/06/02/the-nyts-public-editor-undermines-edwa/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:35:18 +0000 thabet http://talkislam.info/2008/06/02/the-nyts-public-editor-undermines-edwa/ The NYT’s public editor undermines Edward Luttak’s piece on Obama being an apostate under Islamic law.

Luttwak should have no credibility left to speak on such matters.

(Via AE.)

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]]> http://talkislam.info/2008/06/02/the-nyts-public-editor-undermines-edwa/feed/ Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland http://talkislam.info/2008/05/08/261/ http://talkislam.info/2008/05/08/261/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 21:45:39 +0000 muse http://talkislam.info/2008/05/08/261/ Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland. The state’s highest court unanimously ruled that “talaq” deprives the woman of due process and is contrary to the state’s public policy.

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]]> http://talkislam.info/2008/05/08/261/feed/ Hundreds of people campaigning for Islam … http://talkislam.info/2008/04/13/hundreds-of-people-campaigning-for-islam/ http://talkislam.info/2008/04/13/hundreds-of-people-campaigning-for-islam/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:52:46 +0000 thabet http://talkislam.info/2008/04/13/hundreds-of-people-campaigning-for-islam/ Hundreds of people campaigning for Islamic rule in Bangladesh have clashed with police over media reports of a draft law that gives equal inheritance rights to men and women.

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