News and Events
Holding Marriage Hostage: Male Guardianship in Muslim Women’s Application for Marriage in Contemporary Malaysia
Feb. 18 | 12:00-13:00 EST | Zoom
Nurul Huda Mohd. Razif examines “wali refusal” cases, where women’s right to marry is held hostage by estranged fathers who refuse to sign their daughters’ marriage application.
Between Muslims: Religious Difference in Iraqi Kurdistan
Feb. 10 | 11:00-12:00 EST | Zoom
J. Andrew Bush discusses his recently published book, Between Muslims: Religious Differences in Iraqi Kurdistan. Bush’s book is based on extensive fieldwork in the Kurdistan region of Iraq between 2004 and 2013.
Halal Animals: Food, Faith, and the Future of Planetary Health
Jan. 29 | 13:00-17:00 EST | Zoom
An invitation-only manuscript workshop for Professor Kristen Stilt for her book project, Halal Animals: Food, Faith, and the Future of Planetary Health.
Law, Empire, and the Sultan: Ottoman Imperial Authority and Late Hanafi Jurisprudence
Nov. 10 | 12:00-13:00 EST | Zoom
Samy Ayoub examines Ottoman imperial authority in authoritative Hanafi legal works from the Ottoman world of the 16th to 19th centuries CE, casting new light on the understudied late Hanafi jurists.
Movement Lawyering and Social Change: A Spotlight on LGBTQ Advocacy in Lebanon
Oct. 14 | 12:00-13:00 EDT | Zoom
Join our panel to discuss community-oriented movement lawyering in Lebanon and the ways in which activists and lawyers engage with the country’s most vulnerable communities to build, support, and amplify transformative social movements.
Muslim Women Creating New Futures: The Campaign for Justice in Muslim Family Laws
Oct. 7 | 11:00-12:30 EDT | Zoom
This discussion highlights the voices of Muslim women activists campaigning for egalitarian reform in Muslim family laws across Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Freedom of Religion and Public Interest: A Look at Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Europe
Sept. 28 | 12:00-13:00 EST | Zoom
Gehan Gunatilleke and Yee Htun discuss how constitutional and treaty provisions are vulnerable to majoritarian infiltration.
Indian Muslim Women’s Movement: For Gender Justice and Equal Citizenship
Sept. 9 | 12:00-13:30 EST | Zoom
Zakia Soman and Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz discuss their pioneering activism for equal rights and equal citizenship of Muslim women in India and linkages with Muslim women’s movements across the globe.
Her Voices, Her Journey: The Gendered Experiences of Rohingya Women
July 24 | 8am ET, 12pm GMT
PLS is pleased to be a co-sponsor for this exciting event on Rohingya women. Registration is required.
Surveilled, Detained, Disappeared: Repression in Xinjiang
March 9 | 12-1 pm | WCC 2009
Sophie Richardson (Human Rights Watch) and Rayhan Asat (Hughes Hubbard and Reed) discuss the situation of Uighurs in Xinjiang.