ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) [in Malaysia], Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, has clarified that the fatwas (edicts) enacted under Mufti Bill (Federal Territories) 2024 are binding only on M…  | By islamiclawblog on October 21, 2024 | ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) [in Malaysia], Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, has clarified that the fatwas (edicts) enacted under Mufti Bill (Federal Territories) 2024 are binding only on Muslims and limited to the jurisdiction of the states."
- "Amnesty International . . . called for Iraqi lawmakers to drop proposed amendments to the Personal Status Law in Iraq, which codifies the rules of marriage and family matters in the country. The amendments, if passed, would allow young girls aged nine and above to be married."
- "Concerns about press freedom in Afghanistan are growing after the Taliban vowed to impose a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things."
- "Dr. Mohammad Yousof Asefi, a practicing physician and nationally recognized artist" resolved to save the "paintings in the Afghan National Gallery" after the Taliban announced its intention to destroy them. For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb's "Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law."
- "Religious leaders in Iran continue to criticize President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad because he hugged the mother of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez while offering his condolences to her. According to Islamic law in force in Iran, physical contact between persons of the opposite sex, who are not related by blood, is prohibited."
- "Indonesian authorities plan to inspect grocery store shelves to check compliance with a law requiring halal labels on food items from Friday, officials said, although some importers and restaurants face hurdles in complying."
- "The government [of Bangladesh] has appointed Islamic law expert and Hadith scholar Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek as khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque."
CASES AND FATWĀS - "The prosecutor's office in Tehran has requested the punishment of 'hand amputation' for eight thieves in a joint case, with an indictment that has been referred to the court for sentencing." For more content and context on harsh interpretations and applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb's "Resource Roundup: Islamic Criminal Law." For more news blurbs relating to harsh applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our "Islamic Criminal Law in the News Roundup."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: - Book sale: Harvard Middle East Cultural Association, Harvard University, October 23, 2024.
- Memorial Service: In Memoriam: Professor Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, October 25, 2024.
- Conference: Islamic Finance Conference (IFC), Harvard University, October 25-26, 2024.
- Talk: "Faith, Work, and the Law with Jonathan Berry," Harvard Law School, October 29, 2024.
- Seminar: "Travel Writing and the Production of a Global Imagination in Muslim South Asia" by Daniel Majchrowicz, Harvard University, November 6, 2024.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "Islamic Apocalyptic Jurisprudence: End-Times Law in Sunnī and Shīʿī Discourses" by Ali Rod Khadem, Program in Islamic Law, November 12, 2024.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran," Bahman Khodadadi, Program in Islamic Law, December 10, 2024.
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue, January 13, 2025.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024)," Malika Zeghal, Program in Islamic Law, February 11, 2025.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam" by Mohsen Kadivar, Program in Islamic Law, March 11, 2025.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse" by Sarah Savant, Program in Islamic Law, April 8, 2025.
Calendar: - Talk: "Unsettlements: History of Land Reclamation in British Mandate of Palestine" with Nurfadzilah Yahaya, Stanford University, October 28, 2024.
- Talk: "Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State" by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2024.
- Discussion: Comparison and Scalar Reading: Niqula al-Haddad's Translation of Ignatious Donnelly's Caesar's Column, a Tale of the 20th Century, Europe in the Middle East, October 30, 2024.
- EUME Berliner Seminar: "Conflicting Legacies of the 1858 Ottoman Land Law: A View from Palestine" by Munir Fakher Eldin, November 6, 2024.
- Workshop: "Sites of Encounter in the Muslim World: Cairo & Delhi," UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 7, 2024.
- Panel: "The Legacies of Anti-colonial Struggle in Algeria: A Panel Honoring the Life and Activism of Elaine Mokhtefi," UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 8, 2024.
- Position opening: Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies, UMass Amherst, November 15, 2024.
- EUME Berliner Seminar: "Law, Litigation, and Politics of Legitimization: On the Possibilities and Limits of Palestinian Legal Action in Israel" by Suhad Bishara, November 20, 2024.
- Book Roundtable: "Order and Disorder in the Ottoman Empire," UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 22, 2024.
- Fellowship: Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization, 2025-2026, Yale Law School (Deadline: November 30, 2024).
- Conference: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, December 19-20, 2024.
- EUME Berliner Seminar: "The Politics of Choice: The 2003 Entry Law to Israel, the Phenomenology of Singlehood and Love Across Borders Among Palestinians" by Towibah Majdub, January 22, 2025.
- Call for Editors: Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025.
- Call for Editors: Book Review Editor for Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025.
- Conference: Eleventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Queen Mary University, UK, May 8-10, 2025 (Paper proposals: October 31, 2024; Panel proposals: November 30, 2024).
- Conference: Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, May 22-25, 2025 (Registration: January 3, 2025).
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025.
- Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies, until an appointment is made.
- Internship opportunity: The Executive Office of the President, White House, various deadlines.
- Position opening: Academic mentor and field researcher in Iraq, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich, rolling basis.
- Position opening: Academic mentor for researcher in Mogadishu, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich.
- Call for Papers: Special Section – Lifewriting Annual and Islam.
- Call for Manuscripts: Advances in the Study of Islam, Edinburgh University Press.
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