A plan to build a "1,000-home Muslim city" has sparked Sharia law fears as locals have launched a fightback. A Texas Islamic ...

As America's Muslim population grows, so too does the influence of Islamic law, or Shariah, in daily life in the U.S. "Shariah Law is the totality of the Muslim's obligation," said Abdullahi An-Na'im, ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty of the Valparaiso University School of Law says that there is hope for compromise between Western legal systems and Islamic law regarding the adoption of children ...

Federal prosecutors announced an indictment of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Friday for allegedly accepting luxury gifts from a trio of New Jersey businessmen that includes Wael Hana, the head ...

To be considered halal, meat must come from a permitted animal that is healthy and slaughtered in a specific way.

In this column the professor continues his series of religious dietary laws. This week: Islam. Before discussing Islamic dietary law, it is helpful to recall how Islamic law actually works. Over the ...

DETROIT — For the first time, the federal government is required to purchase and provide food banks emergency supplies of kosher or halal products, serving a population whose survival could otherwise ...

A bill making it a misdemeanor to sell food products falsely labeled as halal, or sanctioned by Islamic law, was signed into law Monday by Gov. Gray Davis. Davis signed AB 1828, by Assemblyman Bill ...

Ghana’s central bank is taking steps to encourage the provision of financial services that are compliant with Islamic law and ...