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Two McKinney Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) candidates co-authored and published “Women’s Rights in the Islamic Perspective” in the European Journal of Law Reform recently.

In their paper, Bashar O. Almofadda and Omar Alsunaid discussed the “essential role” played by women in Sharey’ah. In the abstract of their paper, Almofadda and Alsunaid stated:

“In the relationship among men and women, Sharey’ah adopted the theories of integration and justice rather than theories of competition and equality. This leads Sharey’ah to distribute human rights between men and women depending on their nature and personal need. However, many stereotypes and misapprehensions concerning women’s rights in Sharey’ah have appeared owing to a lack of understanding of the objectives of Sharey’ah’s rules. This article demonstrates women’s rights and the Sharey’ah’s objectives behind these rights, including Alquamah, political participation, marriage and inheritance. The article then goes on to explain why there is a variation between women’s rights in Sharey’ah and the reality of some Muslim communities. (Source: http://www.elevenjournals.com/tijdschrift/ejlr/2014/2/EJLR_1387-2370_2014_016_002_006)

In his S.J.D. dissertation-in-progress titled “The Causes of Dissolution of Companies,” Almofadda analyzes “the legal causes of dissolution of companies in the Saudi and the Islamic laws and comparative with Delaware law.” Professor Frank Sullivan, Jr. acts as Almofadda’s dissertation supervisor.

Almofadda has served as a lecturer at The Higher Judicial Institute, Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since 2010. From 2009-2010, Almofadda served as a teacher assistant at the same university. Since 2008, Almofadda has been a member of the Islamic International Foundation for Economy and Finance.

Almofadda completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at IU Maurer School of Law. He is also a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in law at The Higher Judicial Institute, Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University. Almofadda obtained a master’s degree in Legal Policy, Law Division, from the same university. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Laws from the university’s College of Sharia.

In his S.J.D. dissertation-in-progress titled “The Correlation Between Corporate Governance and Firm Performance,” Alsunaid “explor[es] the correlation of various governance measures on the public corporate performance.” Professor Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos serves as Alsunaid’s dissertation supervisor. In 2007, Alsunaid earned his bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law (Sharey’ah) from Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. Alsunaid obtained his LL.M. degree in 2011 from IU Maurer School of Law.