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Al-Adl Journal
http://www.moj.gov.sa/adl/ENG/
Website of the Al-Adl Journal which is published by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Justice. The Journal features articles, cases and interviews on legal topics relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Recent articles have looked at the law relating to alcohol, the Board of Grievances and the authority of judicial precedents. Full text articles can be downloaded in PDF from the site. Also available are details of the Editorial Board and subscription information.
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Al-Islam.Org: Digital Islamic Library
http://www.al-islam.org/
Al-Islam.Org is a special project of the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP). It aims to digitise and present on the Internet quality Islamic resources, related to the history, law, religious practice, and society of the Islamic religion and the Muslim peoples with particular emphasis on Twelver Shia Islamic school of thought. It is divided into a number of subject areas where users can find links to articles, papers, presentations and reports. Topics of interest to social scientists include: Islamic law, Islamic philosophy and Islam and politics. The politics and current events section contains materials relating to Islam and the state, Islamic nationalism and Islamic politics in Nations such as Turkey, Iran and Iraq.
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Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/
This is an interesting online exhibition maintained by the Library of Congress. It provides access to digitised images of ancient online primary source documents and manuscripts from 16-18th century Western Africa (Timbuktu, Mali). Of interest to social scientists are discussions of slavery from a 17th century Islamic perspective and the organisation of the Ancient Muslim Songhai Empire. Other topics covered include: the Islamic religion, philosophy and 17th Century Islamic law. Copyright information is displayed on the site.
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Association of Muslim Lawyers
http://www.aml.org.uk/
Website of the Association of Muslim Lawyers (AML), a United Kingdom based organisation concerned with issues relating to Muslims in the UK and internationally. The site introduces the aims and objects of the AML and gives details of the Executive Committee and events organised by the Association. The AML journal The Muslim Lawyer is published occasionally and can be viewed on the site in PDF back to 1998. The journal includes articles on legal issues and events of interest to the Muslim community. The site also includes a page of links to related organisations.
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Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
http://www.soas.ac.uk/cimel/
Website for the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, established in 1990 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. The Centre's objectives include promotion of the study and understanding of Islamic law and modern Middle East legal systems, individually and comparatively, by encouragement of research and by means of lectures, publications, conferences, seminars, academic visits and exchanges and other related activities. The site gives information about work of the Centre, including the CIMEL and INTERIGHTS Combating 'Crimes of Honour' project, and links to Islamic and Middle East law materials on the Internet.
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Holy Qur'an Resources on the Internet
http://www.quran.org.uk/
A collection of links to essays, articles, bibliographies and commentaries dealing with the Qur'an and freely available in HTML. There are links to sites providing different translations of the Qur'an in English and other languages (some of which are searchable) and a dictionary provided in PDF format. Subjects covered include the history and authenticity of the Qur'an, it's influence on Muslims, and interpretations of various concepts such as Kitab, gender equity and fundamental rights. There are also links to sites providing recitations of the Qur'an made available in mp3 and Real Audio format.
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Islamic Family Law Project
http://www.law.emory.edu/IFL/
Website of the Islamic Family Law project which is based at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA . The aim of the project is to survey the application of Islamic family law in a selection of countries and explore the possibilities of reform in particular Muslim communities. A regional breakdown of Islamic countries around the world is given with a profile of each region consisting of historical and religious background, family issues, legal practices and institutions and a list of references. There are legal profiles for each country within these regions which include an outline and history of the legal system, constitutional status of Islamic law, relevant legislation, case reporting system and schools of Fiqh (system of jurisprudence). This site has not been updated since 2002.
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Islamic Law
http://www.msawest.net/islam/law/
Website of MSA West an organisation of Muslim Student Associations on the west coast of the United States. The site hosts a Compendium of Muslim texts made freely available in full text covering subjects such as economics, history and politics. This page provides access to a selection of Muslim legal texts including an introduction to the Shari`ah and Fiqh, Fiqh-us-Sunnah by Sayyid Saabiq and Source Methodology in Islamic jurisprudence and The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam both by Taha Jabir Al'Alwani of the International Institute of Islamic Thought.
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Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/ilsp/
Website providing information about Harvard Law School's Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP). Background information about the ILSP is given on the site including details of staff and visiting scholars, research projects and a downloadable copy of the latest annual report. There is information on the various Islamic law courses offered at Harvard and details of the ILSP's publications including the "Harvard Series in Islamic Law". Publications supplied in full text on the site include the ILSP newsletter which is published twice a year and a selection of occasional publications which can be downloaded in PDF. Subjects covered include Islamic finance in Pakistan, civil society in the Arab world, Islam and democracy in Indonesia and conditional divorce in Indonesia.
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Journal of Islamic Studies 
http://jis.oxfordjournals.org/
Website of the Journal of Islamic Studies, an academic journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. The journal is multi-disciplinary, covering all aspects of scholarship relating to Islam and the Islamic world, including law, geography, economics, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, international relations and environmental issues. Contents pages and abstracts are available free from 1996 onwards. There are basic and advanced search facilities and a table of contents email alerting service.
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Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
http://www.karamah.org
Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights is an eduational charity which was initiated in 1993. Karamah seeks to highlight how global human rights issues affect muslims, and supports Muslim communities in America and abroad in the pursuit of justice. The website provides details of the projects Karamah is involved with including one on Islamic jurisprudence and a domestic violence initiative. A collection of articles dealing with subjects such as family planning and Islamic jurisprudence, women's rights within Islamic family law and coverage of the headscarf issue in France are made freely available in full text on the site. These can be viewed in either English, French or Arabic.
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Moral Economy of Islam: Bibliographies
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/Islam/bibs.html
A collection of bibliographies concerned with economics, history, law and politics in Islamic states round the world, prepared by staff at the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley and published on the University's website. The bibliographies focus on a range of thematic and regional or country-specific sources including: books, dissertations, magazines, journals and videos. Topical bibliographies cover areas such as: economics, fundamentalism, history, human rights, politics, Sharia, society and the state. Countries represented on the site include: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines, Tunisia and Turkey.
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Project on Strategies to Address Crimes of Honour: Preliminary Bibliography
http://www.iwhc.org/docUploads/HonorCrimesBiblio.PDF
An annotated online bibliography concerned with issues surrounding honour crimes resulting from conflicts between individual rights and strict codes of behaviour in traditional Islamic law. The listing has been prepared jointly by CIMEL (Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law) and INTERIGHTS (International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights), and is hosted on the IWHC (International Women's Health Coalition) website. The bibliography lists and comments on published material from books and journals, supported by summaries of relevant cases from the United Kingdom, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The bibliography is available as a PDF file.
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Religion Law Blog
http://www.religionlaw.blogspot.com/
The Religion Law Blog is produced by Neil Addison, a barrister at New Bailey Chambers in Liverpool. This blog includes the author's personal views and commentary on cases and developments in religious law, religious freedom and religious discrimination. Posts are available back to December 2008 and include links to cases, legislation and other websites. Recent posts have included a speech given by the author entitled What do we mean by A Secular Society and an article looking at Sharia Tribunals. Neil Addisons other website Religion Law is also described on Intute.
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Religious Legal Systems: A Brief Guide to Research and its Role in Comparative Law
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Religious_Legal_Systems.htm
Online guide to religious legal systems written by Marylin Johnson Raisch who is International and Foreign Law librarian at the John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library of the Georgetown Law Center in Washington, DC. The guide was published on the Globalex Website in 2006 and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides an introduction to religious law and general sources of information on the subject both online and printed. There are sections covering Islamic law, Jewish law, Christian Canon law, Hindu law, Buddhist Law and Confucian Law each section giving essential facts on that particular law and details of Internet, book and article sources available. There is also a list giving details of how religious law is implemented in a number of jurisdictions giving links to the relevant legal text.
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Researching Islamic law: Malaysian sources
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Researching_Islamic_Law_Malaysian_Sour
Online guide to Islamic law in Malaysia written by Shaikh Mohamed Noordin who is a law librarian based in Kuala Lumpur. The guide provides information on the establishment of Islamic law in Malaysia and on the Islamic law tradition. There is a section on sources of Islamic law such as the Quran and the Sunnah and examples of Malaysian legislation focusing on Islamic family law, procedural law, criminal law and financial law. The author gives links to case law and court information and gives details of articles, law journals, books, catalogues and internet resources on Islamic law. There are also links to a number of articles on Islamic legal education in Malaysia.
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Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook
http://www.sharia-in-africa.net/pages/publications/sharia-implementation-in
Website providing full text online access to Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook by Philip Ostien. The book was published by Spectrum Books in 2007 and is made freely available on the website of the University of Bayreuth in Germany. The book is arranged into five volumes with the following headings: historical background; Sharia Implementation Committee reports and related white papers; sanitizing society; Sharia penal and criminal procedure codes and two famous cases. Each section is subdivided into chapters which can be downloaded in PDF. A selection of supplementary materials are provided with the online version which are not available with the printed version.
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The Sunnah: Practice and Law (Shari'ah and Madh'habs)
http://www.uga.edu/islam/shariah.html
Resource guide to Islamic law produced by professor Alan Godlas of the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia. Outlines the 'Five Pillars of Islam' providing background information, quotes from the Qur'an and annotated links to online resources dealing with each theme. There is also background and links to information about the sunnah (practice of the prophet Muhammad) and the Sunni madh'hab (schools of law). A selection of links to other articles and materials on Islamic law is also given.
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Understanding Islam
http://www.islam-guide.com/
Website of the organisation Understanding Islam which aims to explain the principles of Islam, provide background information and answers to questions and criticisms. The site includes questions and answers, articles and discussions arranged into subject headings such as social issues, political issues, penal law, sources of Islam and the Qur'an. Within these sections there are discussions of the law relating to marriage, divorce, children and inheritance citing the Qur'an and Sunnah (example set by the prophet Mohammed) as sources of Islamic law. A copy of General Muslim Customs and Traditions by Moiz Amjad can be downloaded from the site.
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