{"id":154,"date":"2016-06-23T11:12:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T10:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the7.io\/construction\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:55:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;5&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;15&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1493829267800{padding-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1493829169670{padding-bottom: 70px !important;}&#8221;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-995069ea371964781\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-995069ea371964781 uvc-5415 accent-border-color\" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-995069ea371964781 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:26px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:36px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Welcome to ISILS!<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:50px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:;width:50px;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-c87eab058c263f69ba8b5faecd631949.enable-bg-rollover .rollover i,\n.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-c87eab058c263f69ba8b5faecd631949.enable-bg-rollover .rollover-video i {\n  background: -webkit-linear-gradient();\n  background: linear-gradient();\n}\n.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-c87eab058c263f69ba8b5faecd631949 .rollover-icon {\n  font-size: 32px;\n  color: #ffffff;\n  min-width: 44px;\n  min-height: 44px;\n  line-height: 44px;\n  border-radius: 100px;\n  border-style: solid;\n  border-width: 0px;\n}\n.dt-icon-bg-on.shortcode-single-image-wrap.shortcode-single-image-c87eab058c263f69ba8b5faecd631949 .rollover-icon {\n  background: rgba(255,255,255,0.3);\n  box-shadow: none;\n}\n<\/style><div class=\"shortcode-single-image-wrap shortcode-single-image-c87eab058c263f69ba8b5faecd631949 alignnone  vc_custom_1585448568520 enable-bg-rollover dt-icon-bg-off\" ><div class=\"shortcode-single-image\"><div class=\"fancy-media-wrap  layzr-bg\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%201000%20500&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/slide3-1000x500.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/slide3-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/slide3-1600x800.jpg 1600w\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\"  data-dt-location=\"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/slide3\/\" style=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Incorporated in 2004, ISILS is an international, nonprofit, and nonpolitical organization that aims to encourage scholarship on and to foster communication about Islamic law and related subjects. ISILS\u2019s primary focus is the organization and convening of the Islamic Legal Studies (ILS) conferences, which are held triennially. ISILS is open to all who are interested in the academic study of Islamic law.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1493829183360{padding-bottom: 70px !important;}&#8221;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-49669ea3719658ef\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-49669ea3719658ef uvc-9707 accent-border-color\" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-49669ea3719658ef h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:26px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:36px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Our history<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:40px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:;width:50px;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"node-2\" class=\"node ntype-page\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>The International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS) was conceived in 2003, in Murcia, Spain, during the convening of the Fourth International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies (ILS). A group of participants came together to take steps to establish a more official body for the planning and organizing of the triennial conference that began as the Joseph Schacht Conference on Theory and Practice in Leiden and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, in 1994. Since that first conference, organized to attract submissions for the newly launched journal <i>Islamic Law and Society<\/i>, three more conferences had been organized by the same founding parents of the Leiden\/Amsterdam conference, who were beginning to feel that they should not be monopolizing the choice of conference theme and location.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2004, articles of organization were filed with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, effectively incorporating the International Society for Islamic Legal Studies. The statutory articles can be found in the Corporate Database (fill in the society\u2019s name) at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/cor\/coridx.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.sec.state.ma.us\/cor\/coridx.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-default&#8221; bg_image_new=&#8221;id^1535|url^https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/811.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^811|description^null&#8221; bg_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;full&#8221; enable_overlay=&#8221;enable_overlay_value&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.5)&#8221; type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1585448328408{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-145269ea37196590c\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-145269ea37196590c uvc-8559 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-145269ea37196590c h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:32px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:42px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:20px;\">Become a member!<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-145269ea37196590c .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:30px;\">ISILS is open to all who are interested in the academic study of Islamic law.<br \/>\nThere are two classes of membership: regular and student.<br \/>\nBecome a member!<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-1123b04864745f9f9ec7aa87206d8dcd.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-1123b04864745f9f9ec7aa87206d8dcd > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-1123b04864745f9f9ec7aa87206d8dcd * {\n  vertical-align: middle;\n}\n<\/style><a href=\"https:\/\/isils.net\/isils\/membership\/\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-m link-hover-off btn-inline-left \" id=\"default-btn-1123b04864745f9f9ec7aa87206d8dcd\"><span>Read more<\/span><\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;5&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;15&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1493829267800{padding-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1493829169670{padding-bottom: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Incorporated in 2004, ISILS is an international, nonprofit, and nonpolitical organization that aims to encourage scholarship on and to foster communication about Islamic law and related subjects. 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