Yannis Mahil

Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University, İlahiyat Fakültesi, Faculty Member

New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2022-23 Scholar in Residence

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Dr. Yannis Mahil is a scholar in Islamic Studies, specialized in Contemporary Islamic Law and Ijtihad as well as expert of Malcolm X and African American Muslim Studies. He got his PhD from the University of Strasbourg in Law and Islamic Studies. He was a 2022-23 Scholar in Residence at the Schomburg Center in New York (USA) for a research project on the life and legacy of Malcolm X.

He is currently Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at GISTU University in Turkiye and published a book in 2024 "L'Ijtihad Collectif: L'évolution du Droit Musulman" foreworded by Prof. Bernard K. Freamon (New York University).

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Books by Yannis Mahil

Ijtihad Collectif: L'Évolution du Droit Musulman (Extrait en PDF)

Al Bouraq (Paris) - (ISBN-13 : 979-1022513814), 2024

This book, "Ijtihād Collectif: L’évolution du droit musulman" (Albouraq, 2024) by Yannis Mahil, e... more This book, "Ijtihād Collectif: L’évolution du droit musulman" (Albouraq, 2024) by Yannis Mahil, examines the rise of collective ijtihād as a key hermeneutical tool in the renewal of Islamic law. Moving beyond the classical model of individual reasoning, Mahil shows how councils of scholars, institutions, and transnational bodies have institutionalized collective approaches to address modern challenges. The book situates collective ijtihād within broader debates on consensus (ijmāʿ), the fiqh of minorities, and landmark issues such as the abolition of slavery, illustrating how interpretive frameworks adapt to historical and social change. Prefaced by Dr. Bernard K. Freamon (New York University), this study provides scholars and students of Islamic legal studies, comparative law, and contemporary reform debates with both a historical genealogy and a forward-looking analysis of collective juridical reasoning.

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Papers by Yannis Mahil

Contemporary Mechanisms to Reform Islamic Criminal Law: Between Legal Doctrine and Positive Law The Case of Morocco

Journal of Islamic Law (Harvard Law School), Jul 1, 2025

This essay analyzes the contemporary evolution of Islamic criminal law, focusing primarily on the... more This essay analyzes the contemporary evolution of Islamic criminal law, focusing primarily on the case of Morocco. It investigates the hermeneutical strategies employed by Islamic scholars and modern Muslim states to avoid the implementation of certain punishments drawn from ḥudūd, qiṣāṣ, and and taʿzīr. The essay highlights, for instance, the role of “contextual and eclectic ijtihād” in adapting Islamic criminal law to modern contexts, and emphasizes the shift from ḥudūd to taʿzīr punishments across many Muslim countries. By focusing on the evolution of criminal law in Morocco and its connection to Islamic law, the essay explores the influence of Western legal systems and internal reform efforts, showing how traditional Islamic terminology and penalties have been mainly secularized while keeping the “Islamic” offenses. It sheds light on the dynamic interplay between tradition and modernity. The essay also addresses ongoing debates surrounding the death penalty in Morocco and its link to Islamic criminal law, particularly in light of the Kingdom’s recent vote in favor of a universal moratorium at the United Nations. Through this case study, the essay also highlights the role of modern Muslim states in balancing Islamic legal heritage with contemporary human rights standards, as well as the strategies used to “Islamize” the secularization of Islamic criminal law.

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Mabādīʾ al-Taʿāyush wa al-Tasāmuḥ fī-l-Islām » [Principles of Tolerance and Coexistence in Islam]

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2020

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