Michael E. Marmura Lectures in Arabic Studies 2023-24: Debating Legal Sovereignty in Colonial India
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The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations presents the Michael E. Marmura Lectures in Arabic Studies 2023-24 entitled "Debating Legal Sovereignty in Colonial India".
Professor Sohaira Siddiqui will be speaking about how Muslim legal scholars living in colonial India responded, both legally and practically, to emerging colonial legal institutions which sought to create new forums for legitimate adjudication according to Islamic law.
Sohaira Siddiqui is an Associate Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Qatar. Her work focuses on the relationship between law, theology and political thought in classical Islam; Islamic law during British colonization; Islamic law in contemporary Muslim societies; and secularism and modernity in relation to Muslims in the West.
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