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New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the Islamic Law AI Chatbot! #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/qWwyPEx

One of the currently popular documents on the SHARIAsource portal is the Kerala High Court's khula case. Check it out today! buff.ly/0UAqnDF

Can LLMs replace the marjaʿ? Or is there an essential attribute of the marjaʿ that distinguishes it from a machine-generated response? Prof. Takshid explores these questions in her recent essay in the Roundtable on AI and Islamic Law! buff.ly/S2GkBmZʿ/

What are the possibilities of analyzing metadata of Islamic manuscript collections to better understand Islamic legal history? Dr. Sohaib Baig reflects on this in his recent essay in the Roudntable on AI and Islamic Law! buff.ly/iTD3cYi

“Malaysian national mortgage firm Cagamas Bhd has sold 2.02 billion ringgit ($606.8 million) of Islamic bonds based on palm oil contracts, the company said.” Read more today! buff.ly/YYbWrAe

The Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the Islam: Library Sources for Research, a webpage maintained by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that provides “[a] general introduction to library resources for the study of Islam.” #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/GOPNqQ4

Have you read our April newsletter, which features the Islamic Law Blog's Roundtable on AI and Islamic Law? Check it out today! mailchi.mp/law.harvard.ed…

“The Philippine president has signed into law the Philippine Islamic Burial Act, recognizing the right of Filipino Muslims to bury their dead in accordance with their faith.” buff.ly/BkMPm0F (PC: PD/Wikipedia)

Welcome to our May Guest Blogger: Bahman Khodadadi! buff.ly/sDWJSNf

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the Global Islam webpage maintained by the Texas Tech University that contains a list of curates resources related to Islam, Islamic law, and Islamic history, among other subjects. #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/lWWNCRn

“Authorities [in Saudi Arabia] set April 13 as the final deadline for Umrah pilgrims to enter the country, and all such pilgrims must leave by April 29.” Read more in our recent roundup! buff.ly/r2MmdXg

Working on a summer reading list? Let us know what you're currently reading on Islamic law by sharing your #shelfie with us! Here are some of the books that we will be reading at the Program in Islamic Law and the SHARIAsource Lab this summer!

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the “Getting Started – Middle Eastern Studies” library guide that introduces “Middle Eastern studies resources available through the UMass Amherst Libraries and beyond.” #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/AWAYCs7

Read Dr. Bahman Khodadadi's latest essay titled "The Ascendancy of Fixed Islamic Corporal Punishments in Shīʿī Theocracy" on the ISLAMICLAWblog today! islamiclaw.blog/2025/05/16/the…ʿi-theocracy/

We recently added the law concerning diya (blood money) that was passed by Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly in 1982 to our portal. Check it out today! buff.ly/F0jvKRz

“Oman will open the door to Islamic banks and also let conventional lenders run Sharia-compliant operations in a bid to grab a share of the rapidly growing Islamic finance business” according to what a central bank official said. Read more today! buff.ly/dw3dCk1

New to the Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is the ilga world database which houses "laws, human rights bodies, advocacy opportunities, and news related to" gender and sexuality, including in Muslim-majority countries. #FieldGuideFridays buff.ly/KbLN7UD

We recently added The Law Concerning Islamic Punishment Containing General Provisions to the portal! It was passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly on October 13, 1982, and subsequently ratified by the Guardian Council. Check it out today! buff.ly/1OYNobI