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    Dr. Zubair Abbasi is academic lawyer who specializes in Islamic law and comparative law, and law and technology. His research examines the relationship between sharia and state legal systems in Muslim-majority and Western societies, Muslim personal law in South Asia, and the transformative impact of generative AI on legal systems. Dr Abbasi is currently based at the School of Law, Royal Holloway, University of London, where he contributes to teaching and research on comparative law, religion, and technology.
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    Partnership or Subordination? Marriage, Property and Power under Muslim Family Law

    By Muhammad Zubair Abbasi

    In her influential book Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam (Harvard University Press, 2010), Professor Kecia Ali examines how classical Muslim jurists, in their legal discourses […]

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    Why Have We Written A Book On Family Laws In Pakistan?

    By Muhammad Zubair Abbasi

    Why Have We Written A Book On Family Laws In Pakistan? Dr Cheema and I have recently published a book titled Family Laws in Pakistan (Oxford University […]

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    Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan on Surrogacy: From Judicial Islamization of Laws to Judicial Legislation

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