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Sovereignty and Agency in Sharia

Dec 29th 2008

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Sovereignty and Agency in Sharia

Lecture by Dr. Anver Emon, University of Toronto

Date: Friday April 4, 2008
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: $5

Anver M. Emon is an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, specializing in Islamic law and history, and teaching first-year torts. Anver’s research focus is on premodern and modern Islamic law and legal theory, premodern modes of governance and adjudication, and the role of Shari’a both inside and outside the Muslim world. His general academic interests include medieval intellectual and religious history, law and religion, legal history, and legal philosophy. His current research project concerns Islamic legal philosophy, interpretive theory, and historiography. He is the founding editor of Middle East Law and Governance: An Interdisciplinary Journal, an international faculty reviewed journal co-sponsored by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Yale Law School, and published by Brill Publications of the Netherlands.


    About Noor Cultural Centre

    We aim to be a centre for Islamic practice and learning, and celebration of Islamic culture, while respecting the diversity in peoples and religions as directed by the Qur’an [49.13]: We have created you out of male and female, and have made you into nations and tribes, in order that you might come to know one another. In the sight of God the noblest among you is the one who is most deeply conscious of God.

    NOTE: Noor Cultural Centre no longer maintains a physical location

    Its 123 Wynford Drive location was sold in October 2021 after 18 months of continuous lockdown for COVID-19. Since March 2020, all Noor programming has been virtual, and is planned to continue thus, insh'Allah.





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