August 23, 2023 Do Islamic-law wills contravene the common-law prohibitions against delegation of testamentary powers and incorporation by reference?

Former Visiting Fellow Fatima Essop discusses whether standard Islamic Wills, in which testators delegate their testamentary powers to Ulama bodies to determine their Islamic law heirs, contravene certain common law rules, in her latest article published by the South African Law Journal.

Muslim wedding rings

June 26, 2023 Not much legislative progress a year after the court ruling on Muslim marriages

Visiting Fellow Dr Fatima Essop writes on the status of legislation to recognize and regulate Muslim marriages in South Africa.

Salma Waheedi

June 20, 2023 Salma Waheedi Named Inaugural Executive Director of the Program

Salma Waheedi, a lecturer on law and associate director of Harvard Law School's Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, has been named its executive director.

June 05, 2023 Annual Writing Prize

Fady Khoury awarded Harvard Law School's 2023 Writing Prize of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World