[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]VIII International Conference of the<\/p>\n
International Society for Islamic Legal Studies<\/p>\n
Islamic Law and Ethics<\/strong><\/p>\n 6th<\/sup>-8th<\/sup> November 2015<\/p>\n Coinciding with the 6th<\/sup> Annual Conference of<\/p>\n the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS)<\/p>\n Leiden<\/p>\n The Netherlands<\/p>\n The LUCIS 6th annual conference will coincide with the\u00a0VIII conference of the International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS) on the theme of \u201cIslamic Law and Ethics\u201d from Friday 6 until Sunday 8 November 2015. Leiden, along with Amsterdam, was the venue for ISILS\u2019s first conference in 1994, and ISILS is very pleased to be returning to the city and its university.<\/p>\n Below is the first iteration of the programme for the conference, though it should be noted that it is subject to change between now (8th<\/sup> September 2015) and the conference in November.<\/p>\n Thursday 5th<\/sup> November<\/strong><\/p>\n Participants arrive in Leiden<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Friday 6th<\/sup> November 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n 0900: Opening remarks: ISILS President Professor Ruud Peters (Amsterdam University)\/LUCIS Director Professor Petra Sijpestein (Leiden University)<\/p>\n 0930: PANEL 1: Ethics, Punishment and the State<\/p>\n Siddiqui, Sohaira Z. M. (Georgetown University, Doha)<\/p>\n A Contemporary Case of Ethics and Law: Codifying the \u1e24ud\u016bd<\/em><\/p>\n Kara, Seyfeddin, (Durham University)<\/p>\n Abolishing God\u2019s law: the case of stoning penalty (rajm<\/em>)<\/p>\n Short break<\/p>\n Hurvitz, Nimrod (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)<\/p>\n Ethics expanding the law: Regulating passions through practices of al-amr bi-‘l-ma\u02bfr\u016bf<\/em> wa<\/em>-‘l-nahiy \u02bfan al-munkar <\/em><\/p>\n Quraishi-Landes, Asifa (University of Wisconsin, Madison)<\/p>\n \u201cLegislating Morality\u201d and other Illusions about Islamic Government<\/p>\n 1130 Tea\/Coffee and Tour of Leiden University Manuscript Collection<\/p>\n 1300: Lunch<\/p>\n 1430: PANEL 2: Ethics and Obligations<\/p>\n Serrano, Delfina (CSIC, Madrid)<\/p>\n The contribution of Ash\u02bfarism to the development of Maliki discourses on sincere belief and good behavior: Ibn Rushd al-Jadd\u2019s (d. Cordoba 1126 C.E.) doctrine on takl\u012bf<\/em><\/p>\n Katz, Marion (New York University)<\/p>\n Legal Obligation and Marital Duty in Eleventh-Century Fiqh<\/em><\/p>\n 1530 Tea\/Coffee<\/p>\n 1600: ISILS General Meeting<\/p>\n 1700 Close followed by Reception (sponsored by Brill)<\/p>\n 1800 Supper<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Saturday 7th<\/sup> November 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n 0900: PANEL 3: Ethics and Legal Theory<\/p>\n M\u00fcller, Christian (CNRS, Paris)<\/p>\n Defining the sphere of \u201claw\u201d within U\u1e63\u016bl<\/em> al-fiqh<\/em>.<\/p>\n Ayoub, Samy (University of Texas at Austin)<\/p>\n \u201cNeither Desiring it, nor transgressing limits\u201d: Necessity and Ethical Hierarchy in Islamic Law<\/p>\n Koujah, Rami (University of Virginia)<\/p>\n On the Genesis and Development of Maq\u0101\u1e63id<\/em> al-Shar\u012b\u02bfa<\/em><\/p>\n 1030 Tea\/Coffee<\/p>\n 1130 PANEL 4: Ethics and Legal Morality<\/p>\n Bedir, Murtaza (Istanbul University)<\/p>\n What is the Subject-Matter of Shar\u012b\u02bfa? The Meaning of \u02bfAmal<\/em>\/Fi\u02bfl<\/em> and Ethics<\/p>\n Hanif, Suhail (Oxford University)<\/p>\n Tricks or Ethics? The Problem of the \u1e24\u012bla<\/em> for a Discourse on Ethics and Islamic Law<\/p>\n Afsaruddin, Asma (University of Indiana)<\/p>\n Ethical Perspectives as a Corrective to Classical Legal Formulations of Jihad<\/p>\n 1300 Lunch<\/p>\n 1430 Panel 5: Ethics and Legislation<\/p>\n Rispler-Chaim, Vardit (Haifa University)<\/p>\n Islamic bioethical dilemmas today between the Shar\u012b\u02bfa, practice and contemporary legislation: Organ donation as an example<\/p>\n Dahlgren, Susanne (Helsinki University)<\/p>\n The ethics of women\u2019s rights in court: Three judges, three legislative eras in a family court<\/p>\n 1530 Tea\/Coffee<\/p>\n 1630 PANEL 6: Ethics and Judicial Practice<\/p>\n Abdun Nasir, Mohamed (State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Mataram, Indonesia)<\/p>\n Procedure, Logic and Ethics of Islamic Law: Judges\u2019 discretion in deciding legal cases filed in Indonesian religious courts<\/p>\n Mukhtar, Tukur Muhammad (Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto)<\/p>\n Ethics and the Operations of the Court System in Sokoto Metropolis, 1808 – 1903<\/p>\n Tolino, Serena (University of Zurich)<\/p>\n Homosexuality as a Challenge to Islamic Ethics:\u00a0 Religious Discourse and Judicial Practice in Egypt.<\/p>\n 1800 Close<\/p>\n 1900 Conference Dinner<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sunday 8th<\/sup> November 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n 0930 PANEL 7: Ethics and Religious Diversity<\/p>\n Kermeli, Evgenia (Ankara University)<\/p>\n Ethics and Politics in Ottoman Jurisprudence: The `ulema<\/em> discourse on non-Muslim waqfs<\/em><\/p>\n Hayes, Edmund (University of Chicago)<\/p>\n The Ethics of Charity across Sectarian Boundaries: Interpreting Imamic statements on the proper recipients of \u1e63adaqa<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1100 Tea\/Coffee and \u201cOrientalist\u201d Tour of the city of Leiden<\/p>\n 1230 Lunch<\/p>\n 1400 PANEL 8: Ethics and Society<\/p>\n Schneider, Irene (University of G\u00f6ttingen)<\/p>\n Teaching the Sharia in Palestine: The Q\u0101\u1e0d\u012b al-Qu\u1e0d\u0101t and his ruling on khul\u02bf<\/em> in 2012<\/p>\n Ahmed, Najah Nadi (University of Oxford)<\/p>\n Fatwa, Ethics, and Society: A Study Based on Fieldwork at D\u0101r Al-Ift\u0101\u02be of Egypt Divorce Cases and Social Structure<\/p>\n 1530 Closing Panel: Professor Ruud Peters, ISILS president, and other members of LUCIS and the ISILS Executive Board<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Evening of 8th<\/sup> or morning of 9th<\/sup> November<\/strong><\/p>\n Participants Depart<\/p>\n The conference is free to attend; those wishing to register (so that numbers for refreshments are known in advance) are asked to email lucis@hum.leidenuniv.nl[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″] [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]VIII International Conference of the International Society for Islamic Legal Studies Islamic Law and Ethics 6th-8th November 2015 Coinciding with the 6th Annual Conference of the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) Leiden The Netherlands The LUCIS 6th annual conference will coincide with the\u00a0VIII conference of the International Society…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[17],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dt_portfolio_category-isils-conferences","dt_portfolio_category-17","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/1196\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_category?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}VIII ILS Conference: Islamic Law and Ethics (2015)<\/h4><\/div><\/div>[vc_single_image image=”1527″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"