The MJTILP (formerly the Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law) was founded in 2005. The Journal is independent of any State or institutional affiliation with a truly diverse and global editorial and advisory board. It is published once a year by Electronicpublications.org Ltd; and available both in electronic and printed forms. 

The principal objectives of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice (MJTILP) are to provide a vehicle for the consideration of transnational forms of Islamic law and practice. Transnationalism in Islamic law is taken broadly as communications and interactions linking Islamic thoughts, ideas, people, practices and institutions across nation-States and around the globe. In recent times, research in Islamic law has shaped narratives based on nation-States, demographics, diasporic communities, and ethnic origins instead of developing around a central core. Contemporary issues of Islamic law are increasingly linked to geographical locations and ethnic or parochial forms of religious beliefs and practices. Expressions like American, European, British, Asian and Arab Islam have widely gained acceptance.

Despite the growing importance of dialogue to develop shared understandings of issues facing Islamic law and proposing coordinated solutions, the contemporary research and scholarship has not developed harmoniously and remains piecemeal and sporadic. Researchers and practitioners of Islamic law are drawn from a wide variety of subjects and come from various regions of the world but have insufficient institutional support for sharing information and comparing experiences. Innovation in various strands and paradigms of Islamic law and practice is stifled because there are limited spaces where evolutionary, collaborative and interdisciplinary discourses can take place. This in turn hampers the ability to build on past research and record best practices, negatively impacting a consistent and orderly development of the field. There is a need to constitute a world community of Islamic law scholars based on interactions and aspirations moving across linguistic, ethnic, geographical and political borders.

The MJTILP is inspired by the need to fill these gaps. It provides a platform to legal and interdisciplinary scholars and researchers for critical and constructive commentaries, engagements and interactions on Islamic law and practice that are built upon configurations in contemporary contexts. It welcomes contributions that look comparatively at Islamic law and practice that apprise and inspire knowledge across national boundaries whether enforced by a State or voluntarily practised by worldwide Muslim communities. We are equally interested in scholarships on encapsulated cultural worlds, diaspora, identity and citizenship that are embedded and circumscribed by religious ties. As it has been the practice of the journal since its establishment in 2005, it also has a specific interest in issues relating to the practice of Muslim States in international law, international law issues that may concern Muslim countries, and all aspects of law and practice affecting Muslims globally.

• Dr Ahmad Ghouri, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Sussex.

• Dr Amna Nazir, Birmingham City University, UK.

• Dr Bader Aldosari, Assistant Professor, University of Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Dr Hossein Esmaeili, Associate Professor, Flinders University, Australia.
• Dr Muhammad Akbar Khan, Assistant Professor, International Islamic University, Pakistan.
• Dr Sahar Maranlou, Lecturer, University of Essex.
• Dr Eleni Polymenopoulou, Assistant Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar.
• Dr Ayesha Shahid, Assistant Professor, Coventry University, UK.

• Ritabrata Roy, University of Sussex.
• Oumama Emad Ali Hamasha, Assistant Professor, University of Jordan.

• Dr Kahlid Bashir, Lecturer, University of Aberdeen.

• Prof Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University, USA.
• Imam Qari Asim MBE, Leeds Makkah Masjid and DLA Piper, UK.
• Prof Dr Mohd Ma'Sum Billah, King Abdul Aziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Prof Mohamed Elewa Badar, Northumbria University, UK.
• Prof Ilias Bantekas, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar.
• Prof Ann Black, University of Queensland, Australia.
• Dr Mohammad Hedayati-Kakhki, University of Durham, UK.
• Prof L. Ali Khan, Washburn University, USA.
• Prof Yannis Ktistakis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
• Prof Bashar H. Malkawi, University of Sharjah, UAE.
• Prof Nakib Muhammad Nasrullah, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Prof Jeff Redding, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.
• Prof Javaid Rehman, Brunel University, UK.
• Prof Tommaso Vito Russo, University of Salento, Italy.
• Prof Mohammad Salim, Lloyd Law College, India.
• Prof Ihsan Yilmaz, Deakin University, Australia.

The journal welcomes submission of articles for consideration with a view to publication. The normal word length for article contributions in the journal is between 5000-8000 words. All journal articles are peer reviewed, and it is a requirement of submission that these articles are original and not previously published elsewhere. The journal also welcomes shorter contributions for its ‘Recent Developments’ section.

Editorial correspondence, including submissions to the journal should be made electronically to Editor-in-Chief of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice: Dr Ahmad Ghouri. E-mail: A.A.Ghouri@sussex.ac.uk.