Dr. Islam Uddin Email & Phone Number

Dr Islam Uddin completed his PhD research on the topic of ‘Muslim Family Law: British-Bangladeshi Muslim Women and Divorce in the UK’. His research was a socio-legal examination of the practice of Islamic marriage and divorce among the British Muslim population, which involved in-depth interviews with Muslim women, experts, observation of Shariah council hearings and analysis of their documents and procedures. His findings provide a grounded understanding of marriage and divorce embedded in the lived experience of British Muslims. He has a Master's degree in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University and has completed his Alim course. He is an Imam and a lecturer at a private Islamic institute in London. He teaches classical and contemporary Islamic law. Previously he has presented papers discussing Muslim family law in relation to the traditional and modern understanding of religious texts, multiculturalism, and universal human rights. His latest publications:Muslim Women, Nikah Marriages, Domestic Abuse and Religious Arbitration in EnglandOxford Journal of Law and Religionhttps://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwad011Published: 09 August 2023Shariah Councils in the UK: Reform and Regulation. In: S. Bano, ed., The Sharia Inquiry, Religious Practice and Muslim Family Law in Britain. Oxon: Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/The-Sharia-Inquiry-Religious-Practice-and-Muslim-Family-Law-in-Britain/Bano/p/book/9780367547318Published: 01 February 2023Book Review - Understanding Sharia Processes: Women’s Experiences of Family Disputes.Journal: International Journal of Law, Policy and the Familyhttps://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebab052Published: 21 December 2021Book Review - Minority religions under Irish law: Islam in national and international context.Journal: Religion, State and Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09637494.2020.1797298Published: 14 October 2020In Pursuit of an Islamic Divorce: A Socio-Legal Examination of Practices Among British Muslims, Informal and Legal Solutions. In: R. Akhtar, P. Nash and R. Probert, ed., Cohabitation and Religious Marriage Status, Similarities and Solutions. Bristol: Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/cohabitation-and-religious-marriagePublished: 17 July 2020Islamic Family Law: Imams, Mosques, and Sharīʿa Councils in the UKElectronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (EJIMEL), 8(1):25-36.https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/187604/Published: 13 May 2020

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  Middlesex University

  London, Gb