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BOSTON,
Massachusetts – As the United States continues to grapple with growing
Islamophobia, Harvard Law
School has launched a “flagship research venture” to organise the world’s
information on Islamic law: SHARIAsource.
The project aims to
provide a repository for scholars, journalists and policy makers, by making
knowledge freely available, Sharon Tai, SHARIAsource’s research editor, told
Middle East Eye.
SHARIAsource
hosts scholarly discussions of court cases that have dealt directly with state
and Sharia law from all over the world, with a special focus on the US.
“Islamic
law is so often seen as an esoteric and impenetrable base of law. There’s this
kind of perception of a lack of logic, because it’s based in theology,” Tai
continued, “but actually there is a very clear logic behind it. The
way it’s laid out historically, it worked well for the societies in which it
was applied.”
The
project was conceived nearly a decade ago, by Dr Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law at Harvard
Law School and a director of its Islamic Legal Studies Programme. The
initiative has come to fruition over the past few years.
