Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics

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https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/cis/center/cile
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The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), leads the reform and renewal of contemporary Islamic legal and ethical thought and behavior by contributing a sustainable ethical framework for addressing contemporary global challenges. CILE’s initiative is maintained by the production, dissemination, and application of Islamic ethical thought and behavior.
Launched in January 2012, CILE specializes in Islamic Legislation and Ethics, with a focus on applied ethics in the fields of Methodology, Arts, Environment, Economics, Education, Food, Gender, Media, Bioethics, Migration & Human Rights, Politics and Psychology.
CILE has developed the following methodological approaches to guide its work:
.Reconciling spirituality and science, legislation and ethics, and laws and objectives, while emphasizing their complementary relationship.
.A broad and positive view of the Islamic sources of legislation and ethics.
.A practical spirit that transforms the science of Maqasid al-Sharia (higher objectives of Islam) from theory to practice in all spheres of life, contributing to the establishment of an Islamic legislative and ethical framework.
.A trans-disciplinary assessment of contemporary legal and ethical challenges.
.A holistic approach whereby scholars of texts from diverse Islamic traditions and scholars of the context from various natural and human sciences engage in an intellectual exercise.
.Critical self-assessment and reasoning that goes beyond short-term crisis management in favor of creative, long-term, transformative solutions to world problems.
CILE also launched its publication activities in three languages; Arabic, English, and French, with the series of “Islam and Applied Ethics” with HBKU Press, online international peer-reviewed “Journal of Islamic Ethics” with Brill, based in Leiden in the Netherlands, to be published in French by Tawhid, and in Arabic by Al-Shabaka.
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Dr. Mawahib Abubakr
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Manager, Business Support
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Dr. Mohamed Ghaly
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Academic Director
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Dr. Rajai Rai Jureidini
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Professor
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Dr. Mutaz Al-Khatib
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Associate Professor
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The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), leads the reform and renewal of contemporary Islamic legal and ethical thought and behavior by contributing a sustainable ethical framework for addressing contemporary global challenges. CILE’s initiative is maintained by the production, dissemination, and application of Islamic ethical thought and behavior.
Launched in January 2012, CILE specializes in Islamic Legislation and Ethics, with a focus on applied ethics in the fields of Methodology, Arts, Environment, Economics, Education, Food, Gender, Media, Bioethics, Migration & Human Rights, Politics and Psychology.
CILE has developed the following methodological approaches to guide its work:

  • Reconciling spirituality and science, legislation and ethics, and laws and objectives, while emphasizing their complementary relationship.
  • A broad and positive view of the Islamic sources of legislation and ethics.
  • A practical spirit that transforms the science of Maqasid al-Sharia (higher objectives of Islam) from theory to practice in all spheres of life, contributing to the establishment of an Islamic legislative and ethical framework.
  • A trans-disciplinary assessment of contemporary legal and ethical challenges.
  • A holistic approach whereby scholars of texts from diverse Islamic traditions and scholars of the context from various natural and human sciences engage in an intellectual exercise.
  • Critical self-assessment and reasoning that goes beyond short-term crisis management in favor of creative, long-term, transformative solutions to world problems.


CILE also launched its publication activities in three languages; Arabic, English, and French, with the series of “Islam and Applied Ethics” with HBKU Press, online international peer-reviewed “Journal of Islamic Ethics” with Brill, based in Leiden in the Netherlands, to be published in French by Tawhid, and in Arabic by Al-Shabaka.

CILE Winter School 2023

Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 11:01

The 2023 CILE Winter School will be hosted in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), focusing on topics related to armed conflict ethics. Not only is this topic important as it brings forth discussions on maintaining ethics in violent and difficult situations, but it is also an issue that is relevant to the current position of Muslims in the context of the Global War on Terror (GWOT).

What is Ethical Rationalism in Islamic Thought? A New Perspective

Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 10/06/2022 - 02:02

This lecture argues against the dominant narrative that the debate on ethical theory in classical Islamic thought can be reduced to a conflict between ethical rationalism and ethical anti-rationalism, or more simply put, a conflict between reason and revelation. Focusing on the Ash‘arī and Mu‘tazilī schools of thought, the speaker will analyse the concept of ‘intellect’ (‘aql) and examine its complex theoretical contexts, chronological development, and application in ethical and legal epistemology.

Food Security and Migrant Workers in Qatar: a Socio-Economic Analysis

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Mon, 09/05/2022 - 11:25

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are four critical dimensions of food security:

1) the obtaining of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality (Availability)

2) access to adequate resources for acquiring food for a nutritious diet (Affordability)

3) utilization of food through adequate diet for a healthy and productive life (Quality) and

4) the stability of food resources, over time (Safety) (Global Food Security Index, 2019)

Does Liberalism Have a Future in Egypt?

Submitted by Munir on Sun, 09/04/2022 - 09:26

Can we imagine a future for politics in Egypt without liberals and liberalism? Egypt’s political community is diverse and pluralistic, with competing and overlapping presences across liberal, Islamic, Arab nationalist, and socialist persuasions, to name a few. The liberal stream needs to remain an integral part of Egypt’s political and social landscape.

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