She personally officiated in 2003 over the establishment of an "Islamic Finance Project" at the law school itself.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Courting Shariah

Ms. Kagan's Islamic Finance Project has also played a prominent role in encouraging the U.S. government to endorse Shariah-Compliant Finance.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Courting Shariah

Elena Kagan, a new Supreme Court judge, has been accused of crypto-sharia tendencies because her alma mater, Harvard Law School, has an Islamic finance project.

ECONOMIST: Islamic law and democracy