Ayesha Malik

Ayesha Malik is a Contributing Editor of islawmix, a project aimed at bringing clarity to Islamic law in the news incubated at the Berkman Center at Harvard University, and the Sub-Editor of the Review of Religions Magazine. She is a graduate of Harvard University and blogs at http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/aneternityofdiscourse|Ayesha Malik is a Contributing Editor of islawmix, a project aimed at bringing clarity to Islamic law in the news incubated at the Berkman Center at Harvard University, and the Sub-Editor of the Review of Religions Magazine. She is a graduate of Harvard University and blogs at http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/aneternityofdiscourse|Ayesha Malik is a Contributing Editor of islawmix, a project aimed at bringing clarity to Islamic law in the news incubated at the Berkman Center at Harvard University, and the Sub-Editor of the Review of Religions Magazine. She is a graduate of Harvard University and blogs at http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/aneternityofdiscourse

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Inside Hagia Sophia’s Ideological Conversion

Inside Hagia Sophia’s Ideological Conversion

Turkey’s conversion of the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque in July this year has raised complex questions over reconciling the country’s rich cultural and religious heritage with its treatment of the minorities that form part ...
Pakistan: A Paradoxical Divinity

Pakistan: A Paradoxical Divinity

The 4 January 2016 marked five years since the Punjab governor Salman Taseer was killed by a member of his own security detail in a popular market in Pakistan’s capital city. His self-confessed assassin, 26-year-old Mumtaz Qadri, told ...
Does Islamic Law Deny a Right to Vote?

Does Islamic Law Deny a Right to Vote?

On April 22nd, British born radical cleric, Anjem Choudary declared Muslim MPs and voters to be “apostates” since he believes voting to be a “sin” against Islam. Allah, Mr. Choudary states writing on Twitter, is “the only ...
Malaysia’s Dangerous Path Towards “Allah”

Malaysia’s Dangerous Path Towards “Allah”

The Malaysian Court of Appeal has ruled recently that the word “Allah” falls unreservedly within the Muslim faith, precluding the Catholic Church in the country from using the term in its newsletter, The Herald. The appeal, which was ...