Exploring how religious and secular forces interact in the modern world.
Despite the religious sanctions afforded by Islamic jurists, selling kidneys in Iran remains socially stigmatized and morally obscure.
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How can Muslim jurists gather the necessary information to approach new medical technologies? Interdisciplinary approaches to bioethical ijtihād may come with their own challenges.
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Uterus transplant makes visible the ways in which social expectations and ideas about the normative body interact with the ethical ends of medicine.
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The task of answering the questions facing Islamic theology today cannot be met by those who have no attachment to their Islamic roots. It also cannot be accomplished by an individual alone.
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How did medieval mercantile society define and value different bodies? And how did these norms lead to different religious legal rulings?
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The Madrasa Discourses project connects madrasa graduates with the scientific and philosophical questions traditional madrasas often skip.
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Any discussion of patterns and practices of authority within communities in Cameroon must take into account the relations of authority, intended or unintended, between these communities and outside actors, especially with the state, the humanitarian world of nongovernmental organizations, and with members of our research team.
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Growing up in New York City after September 11, 2001, the narratives about Islam that were shared with me my entire life were ones of extremism and terrorism. It became apparent that my perception of Muslims up until this point had all been hearsay.
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I am Catholic because my mother lost her driver’s license when I was seventeen.
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Imperialism and structural inequalities are highly relevant to the post-Cold War framing of Islam on a global scale, but neither race or “phobia” captures the full complexity of the power dynamics at play.
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