Advanced Topics in Middle East & North African Studies (390-5-1)

Topic

Islamic Law

Instructors

Brannon Ingram
Crowe Hall 4-135

Meeting Info

555 Clark 230: Wed 2:30PM - 5:00PM

Overview of class

Islamic Law

Islamic law - the sacred law of Islam grounded in the Qur'an, the practice of the Prophet Muhammad, and the writings of Muslim scholars and jurists - stretches back nearly 1400 years. This course offers, first, an overview of the origins and evolution of Islamic law from the life of Muhammad to end of the classical era. We then seek, secondly, to understand how colonialism and the modern nation-state affected the conceptualization and implementation of Islamic law in the modern period. To these ends, we look in-depth at two specific areas of law - marriage and divorce, and criminal law - in two specific regions: the Ottoman empire and contemporary Iran.

Class Materials (Required)

Rumee Ahmed, Sharia Compliant: A User's Guide to Hacking Islamic Law (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018) - 9781503605701 Wael B. Hallaq, An Introduction to Islamic Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) - 9780521678735 Rudolph Peters, Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) - ISBN 9780521796705 Judith E. Tucker, In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine (University of California Press, 1998) - ISBN 9780520224742

Class Notes

Students must have taken RELIGION 250 or obtain instructor consent in order to register for this course.

Class Attributes

Advanced Expression
Ethical and Evaluative Thinking Foundational Disci
Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Global Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
SoC Individual and Social Behavior Distro