SHARIAH ACADEMY TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FROM 29TH TO 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2021

The Shariah Academy, International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) is organizing a two-day international conference on “Codification of Family Laws and Its Impact on Islamization of Laws” from 29th to 30th September, 2021.  The objectives of this conference includes to study the current situation of codification of family laws in the Muslim World particularly in Pakistan Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco, to analyze  the views of Ulama and religious Scholars about the codification of Islamic Law, to highlight the challenges in the process of codification of Family laws, to analyze the role of codification  in the process of Islamization, to elaborate how to get benefit from the current experiences of  Muslim Countries in the field of family laws, to elaborate the Role of the Pakistani higher judiciary in interpreting the family laws and its impact on Islamization and to propose some concrete recommendations and viable mechanism for the Islamization of laws in Pakistan.

The themes of the conference will, codification of family laws: Current situation, role of codification of Family laws in the process of Islamization, reforms in Family Laws in the Muslim World and their relevance to Islamization of laws in Pakistan, and Family laws for Muslim in non-Muslim Countries.

Judges, senior lawyers, academia, Sharī‘ah Scholars, students, and representatives from the relevant departments may participate and present their research papers in this event.