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Muhammad Bin Al-Hasan Al-Shaybani (died 189Hijri/805AD) was one of the earliest Muslim jurists who wrote abundantly on issues under the ‘Siyar’ genre which today fall under the discipline of international relations. This symposium will highlight his pioneering role in this field, how his ideas were adopted, adapted, and developed over time not only in the Muslim context, but also by practitioners of faith and academics outside the Muslim world.
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