Conference "Modern Challenges to Islamic Law: Exploring New Pathways", MPI Hamburg

On behalf of Prof. Nadjma Yassari (MPI Hamburg, Germany) and Prof. Ayesha Shahid (Coventry University, UK) Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law cordially invites you to the conference "Modern Challenges to Islamic Law: Exploring New Pathways" from 6 - 7 June 2024 in honour of Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali (Chair at the School of Law, University of Warwick, UK).

Leaning on Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali’s latest monograph Modern Challenges to Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2016) the conference takes up the urgent issues of modernity that Islamic law is faced with in various ways. These include Islamic constitutionalism, family law reform in the Muslim world, and the pressing topic of the epistemology of Islamic law by looking at how Islamic law is being taught. Eminent Islamic law scholars, academics, judges, and representatives of non-governmental organisations from the United States of America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, and Egypt will discuss the challenges that Islamic law faces in the classroom, in the courtroom, and in the streets.

Here you can download detailed program of the conference.

The conference will take place on site at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg.
You also have the possibility to join the conference online (via livestream), but only passively.

Please register for the conference (for on-site participation as well as for the livestream) no later than 30 May 2024 using this LINK.
Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact the MPI team.