Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law

Tag: sharia

  • The Taliban and Islamic Constitutionalism in Afghanistan: Reviving an Old Episode?

    —Shamshad Pasarlay, Visiting Lecturer, The University of Chicago School of Law [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2022 columnists, see here.] Within the thriving body of the literature on constitutionalism, “Islamic constitutionalism” continues to be understudied and undertheorized.

  • Egypt’s Constitution: The Religious Pot

    –Mohamed Abdelaal, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Alexandria University School of Law Immediately after the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, which ended thirty years of repression and dictatorship under the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians faced the serious challenge of electing a new president and building a new Egypt.