Name Asifa Quraishi | ||
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Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada | ||
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Dr. Asifa Quraishi (aka Asifa Quraishi-Landes) is a Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she teaches courses in Islamic law and U.S. constitutional law. She holds a doctorate from Harvard Law School and other degrees from Columbia Law School and the University of California. She has served as law clerk in United States federal courts. Her recent publications address issues of Islamic constitutionalism, in the context of separation of legal authority as well as methodologies of textual interpretation.
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- Ny law school symposium sharia in america asifa quraishi day 2
- Theorizing islamic constitutionalism dr asifa quraishi spring 2016 bayan conference
- Selected publications
- References
Quraishi is a founding board member of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML), its sister organisation Muslim Advocates, based in San Francisco, and American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism (AMILA). She is also an associate of the Muslim Women’s League, and has served as President and board member of Muslim Women’s League.