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Umar Shareef
Georgetown University
Discipline
Law
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Islamic Studies
Islamic Thought
Islamic Law
Middle East/Near East Studies
Modernization
Colonialism
Ottoman Studies
Specialties
My Work Studies Law, Politics, And Religion, Examining How Muslim Jurists Conceptualized The Relationship Between The Religious And The Secular Through The Concept Of Taqyīd Al-mubāḥ.
My Research Touches Upon Some Of The Most Pressing Contemporary Issues—from Decolonization To Women In Islam, Child Marriage, And Muslim Modernities.
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
Persian (intermediate)
German (intermediate)
Abstracts
Taqyīd al-Mubāḥ and Tobacco: Between Ottoman Administrative and Legislative Authority