{"id":2,"date":"2016-05-12T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:29:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHARIAsource is a flagship research venture of the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. Its continuing mission is to organize the world\u2019s information on Islamic law in a way that is accessible and useful.\u00a0Working with a global team of editors, we provide a platform to house primary sources of Islamic law, organize the people to critically analyze them, and promote research to inform academic and public discourse about Islamic law. Our research portal offers cutting-edge content and context on Islamic law to academics, journalists, and policymakers. Our other programs serve generally interested readers through a blog, newsletter, and special events. SHARIAsource adheres to common principles of academic engagement including attention to diverse perspectives, peer-reviewed analysis, and the free and open exchange of ideas. We are not a religious organization or an advocacy group. SHARIAsource was developed with support from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University, and from the Luce and MacArthur Foundations.<\/p>\n<p>SHARIAsource is a flagship research venture of the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. Its continuing mission is to organize the world\u2019s information on Islamic law in a way that is accessible and useful.\u00a0Working with a global team of editors, we provide a <em>platform<\/em> to house primary sources of Islamic law, organize the <em>people<\/em> to critically analyze them, and <em>promote <\/em>research to inform academic and public discourse about Islamic law. Our research portal offers cutting-edge content and context on Islamic law to academics, journalists, and policy makers. Our other programs serve generally interested readers through a blog, newsletter, and special events. SHARIAsource adheres to common principles of academic engagement including attention to diverse perspectives, peer-reviewed analysis, and the free and open exchange of ideas. We are not a religious organization or an advocacy group. SHARIAsource was developed with support from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University, and from the Luce and MacArthur Foundations.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Launch of the SHARIAsource Portal (Beta): <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.shariasource.com\/\">NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHARIAsource is a flagship research venture of the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. Its continuing mission is to organize the world\u2019s information on Islamic law in a way that is accessible and useful.\u00a0Working with a global team &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8016,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shariasource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}