“Who says Shari’a demands the stoning of women?: A description of Islamic law and constitutionalism”

Quraishi gives a very interesting lecture describing the methods by which Muslim scholars derive fiqh and shariah and implement them. She uses stoning to illustrate the various pathways this method could take, particularly focusing on what constitutes authority when issuing these laws and opinions, where differences stem from, and how one could make an argument against stoning using a religious framework.

Author: 
Quraishi, Asifa
Year: 
2008
Source publication: 
Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World Research Paper Series at New York Law School. No. 08-30