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How the law in the Maldives paved the way for a Sunni legal tradition

  • Dr Shamsul Falaah,

It could be argued that Sunni Islam has been predominantly practised in the Maldives since the earliest written Islamic history.

Peaceful interreligious relations in Islam derive from covenants and treaties

  • Associate Professor Halim Rane,

The Qur’an and covenants of Prophet Muhammad seek to regulate interreligious relations in peace and security.

Afghanistan’s laws and legal institutions under the Taliban

  • Assistant Professor Haroun Rahimi,

For the Taliban, the state’s main purpose is not protecting individual rights, but making individuals honor their obligations.

Islamophobia in Singapore and/ vs Western Islamophobia: the state, colonialism, and the Muslim experience

  • Associate Professor Paul Hedges,

In Singapore there exists a different kind of Islamophobia to that in countries with a Christian cultural heritage.

Political Islam(s) in the Pakistani context: inclusionary and exclusionary

  • Hamza Surbuland,

In studying the tensions of Imran Khan’s politics, we can learn much about the intellectual currents of political Islam in Pakistan.

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