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The Offence of Zina (Enforcement Of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979
This section of the Hudood Ordinances pertains to sexual offenses, including adultery, fornication, and rape. Passed in 1979 under the dictatorship of Pakistani General Zia ul-Haq, the Ordinances were an attempt to bring Pakistani law in line with an understanding of shari’ah.
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Imperial Order (Gurre-i cemadeyülahire 1012)
This document is an imperial/sultanic order issued on the first day (Gurre) of Cemadiyelahir 1012 (6 November 1603) concerning absentee usufruct owners. The order allowed the sipahi (cavalryman responsible for collecting taxes from land production) to distribute the land of an absentee if a year had passed since their departure without any news. This measure was taken during a period of economic and social turmoil, when many peasant-cultivators abandoned their land, leading to tax collection issues and a potential deficit in the treasury. The document is a copied version by Sarkis Karakoç (d. 1944), an Ottoman lawyer who conducted research on Ottoman law and collected many original and copied legal texts.
Fatwā on Cultivated Meat
Contributions by Cem Tecimer.
The Offence of Zina (Enforcement Of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979
Contributions by Nimra Azmi.
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Online Companion to Mālik's Muwaṭṭaʾ: Translated by Mohammad Fadel & Connell Monette (Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Harvard University Press 2019)
Edited by Mohammad Fadel, Connell Monette. Contributions by Daniel Jacobs, Rami Koujah, Ari Schriber, Cem Tecimer.
Online Companion to Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, ed. Intisar Rabb & Abigail Balbale (Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Harvard University Press 2017)
Edited by Intisar Rabb, Abigail Krasner Balbale. Contributions by Daniel Jacobs, Abtsam Saleh.
