In today’s contemporary landscape, the intricacies surrounding copyright and intellectual property rights have gained significant prominence. The rapid advancement and diversification of digital technologies have given rise to a multitude of copyright-related challenges. Although numerous legal systems address copyright through various theoretical frameworks, such as personality, labor, and utilitarian theories, the comprehensive examination of this subject from the perspective of Islamic law remains relatively unexplored.

The “Copyright in Islamic Law” project, under the auspices of ISAR Research Center, has been exploring the potential of this perspective through a reading group on the Western foundations of copyright, a workshop on scholarly approaches within Islamic legal tradition, and a lecture series called “Copyright Talks” featuring renowned researchers. Taking our contribution a step further, the project’s fourth step is the “Symposium on Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition” which will critically examine the intersection between copyright and Islamic legal tradition, uniting diverse researchers from various disciplines.

The symposium aims to address a range of key inquiries that lie at the heart of the discussion on copyright within the Islamic legal context. These questions include, but are not limited to, the following:

– The principal factors influencing ongoing debates surrounding copyright,

– The role of the madhhab tradition in shaping contemporary discourses on copyright,

– The reasons, obstacles, and potential consequences associated with endeavors aimed at justifying copyright,

– The strengths and weaknesses inherent in attempts to provide a perspective on this issue,

– The relationship between modern legislative frameworks in Muslim societies and the Islamic legal tradition,

– Insights from pre-modern legal legacies,

– Other problems, issues, and challenges relating to the broader questions at the intersection of Islamic law and copyright.