Tag: Islamic civil governance

• Ignorance of Religion in Marriage, Divorce, and Child Rearing and Custody

  Ignorance of fiqh and the absence of a shared madhhab are especially damaging for Black American Muslims in the areas of marriage, divorce, child custody, and the rights of children because these are the domains where Islamic law is meant to provide structure, protection, and predictability. When that structure is missing, the community does not simply…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  September 15, 2026

  American Muslim identity, American Muslim Women, children, Family values, Fiqh, Islam, Islam in America

  fiqh of marriage, Islamic civil governance, sharia