Tag: Islamic law
What are halal foods?
Myriam Renaud, University of Chicago
During the month of Ramadan, for 30 days, Muslims who choose to fast will neither eat nor drink during daylight...
Will outlawing ‘instant divorce’ advance justice for Muslim women in India?
Z. Fareen Parvez, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Supreme Court of India recently struck down a specific divorce practice among its minority Muslims. The age-old...
What Sharia law means: Five questions answered
Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University
Editor’s note: A conservative grassroots organization, ACT for America, organized a “March against Sharia” in at least 20 cities across the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
