Shari'a Revoiced

Shari'a Revoiced Shari'a Revoiced: Documenting American Muslims' Experiences of Islamic Law, a project of UCHRI. Funding is provided by the Henry R. Luce Foundation.

The goal of Shari’a Revoiced: Documenting American Muslims' Experiences of Islamic Law, is to uncover new voices and understandings of Islamic law among Muslim communities in California, a microcosm of the United States. Our collaborative studio adopts a grounded-theory approach built on a shared conviction that interpretive and humanistic-oriented scholarship can and should be accessible to public audiences. We have conducted fieldwork in urban settings across California where Muslims are engaged in producing (and in challenging) knowledge of shari’a — Quranic study circles, youth organizations, mosque-based discussion groups, workplaces, community centers, and the home. Ethnographic methods, including semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and observations have gauged the complex and evolving perceptions of Islamic law among Muslims to identify discursive themes and how religious values are produced, debated, and transformed. Shari'a Revoiced is a three-year collaborative project of the University of California Humanities Research Institute's Religions in Diaspora and Global Affairs (RIDAGA) Initiative.

12/22/2022
02/16/2017

by Mark Fathi Massoud and Kathleen M. Moore from Boom Winter 2015, Vol 5, No 4 Voices of Islam in California ‘‘Really?’’ Khadija, an elderly Muslim woman in Los Angeles, looked up at us when…

07/16/2016

In this interview, Dr. Intisar Rabb responds to questions about the nature of Sharia, its role in the US and controversies about “creeping Sharia.”

"Muslims have a wide range of different beliefs about what Shariah requires in practice. And all agree that humans are i...
07/16/2016

"Muslims have a wide range of different beliefs about what Shariah requires in practice. And all agree that humans are imperfect interpreters of God’s will. But to ask a faithful Muslim if he or she “believes in” Shariah is essentially to ask if he or she accepts God’s word."

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/opinion/sunday/a-lesson-for-newt-gingrich-what-shariah-is-and-isnt.html?referer=https://t.co/xC2YpIVpml

His proposal for a religious inquisition is rife with misunderstanding.

Great turnout at our event tonite. Thank you to UCHRI The Downtown Independent!
10/25/2015

Great turnout at our event tonite. Thank you to UCHRI The Downtown Independent!

Check out our website for more information on our project and our findings! Updates to come over the coming weeks! http:...
10/24/2015

Check out our website for more information on our project and our findings! Updates to come over the coming weeks!

http://www.shariarevoiced.org

A research project and website dedicated to illuminating American Muslims' contemporary understanding of Islamic law (Sharia).

The Shari'a Revoiced team presents initial findings of its three year study of California Muslims' perceptions of Shari'...
10/23/2015

The Shari'a Revoiced team presents initial findings of its three year study of California Muslims' perceptions of Shari'a.

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