ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Afghan Taliban . . . issued a strong rebuke to the militant group Fitna Al-Khawarij, declaring that any armed activity particularly in Pakistan without the Emir's explicit approval is impermissible under Islamic law." "T…  | By islamiclawblog on June 9, 2025 |  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "The Afghan Taliban . . . issued a strong rebuke to the militant group Fitna Al-Khawarij, declaring that any armed activity particularly in Pakistan without the Emir's explicit approval is impermissible under Islamic law." "Taliban commander Saeedullah Saeed, speaking at a recent event, stated that fighting against the orders of the Amir, particularly in countries like Pakistan, is not permissible."
- "As the Taliban intensify their use of corporal punishment, 23 people, including one woman, were publicly flogged in Kunduz, Kunar, Takhar and Kabul provinces." 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." 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."
- "The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into a Muslim-centered planned community around one of the state's largest mosques north of Dallas, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said."
- "Any effort to normalize LGBTQ is against the Federal Constitution, existing laws and official policy, said Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) [Malaysia] in a statement late on May 28."
- "Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi wants to expand the "halal economy." Speaking at the Fortune ASEAN-GCC Economic Forum in Kuala Lumpur . . . he revealed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in-principle to have a common halal logo across the 10 countries in ASEAN, and that there would be a discussion about a global halal certification in Riyadh in November."
- "A total of 628 aspiring Shari'ah counselors-at-law completed the 2025 Shari'ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE) . . . marking a historic milestone as the first fully digital and decentralized SSBE in the [Philippines]."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - "Several clerics in Pakistan have appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari not to sign a contentious bill banning child marriage into law, according to a report by Dawn. The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2025 - aimed at banning marriage under the age of 18 - was sent to the presidency on 27 May after being passed by both houses of the Parliament."
- "The Women's Inheritance Rights Bill 2025 was recently presented in the Punjab Assembly, aimed at protecting and enforcing women's rightful access to inherited property under Islamic law."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Calendar: - Prize: Phanor J. Eder Prize in Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee, June 13, 2025.
- 2025 Hurst Summer Institute: Legal History, University of Wisconsin Law School, June 15-27, 2025.
- Arabic Intensive Program: SABLA 2025 Summer Arabic Intensive Program, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Washington, D.C., June 16 – July 17, 2025 (Deadline June 2, 2025).
- Conference: Law, Culture, and Humanities 27th Annual Conference, Georgetown University, June 17-18, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 31, 2025).
- IISMM Seminar Series: "Waqfs, women and circles of power," IISMM, France (remote option), June 20, 2025.
- Conference: The Middle Ages in the Modern World, London Strand Campus, King's College London, June 24-26, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 13, 2025).
- Wallace Johnson First Book Program, June 27, 2025.
- Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series, American Society for Legal History, June 30, 2025.
- Workshop: "From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies," Hamburg University, July 1-4, 2025 (Deadline: April 30, 2025)
- Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies, July 7 – August 8, 2025.
- Prize: Colin B. Picker Prize, Younger Comparativists Committee, August 15, 2025.
- Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, August 18-29, 2025 (Application deadline: May 5, 2025).
- Faculty Fellow: Faculty Fellow in Near Eastern Studies, New York University, 2025-2026, September 1, 2025 (Deadline: March 24, 2025).
- Summer School on Digital Humanities and Islamic Studies, September 1-4, 2025, Switzerland (Deadline: June 13, 2025).
- Call for Proposals: Paris Congress at 125: Comparative Law's Entanglement with Power from Paris to Today, McGill University, Canada, October 16-18, 2025 (Deadline: May 31, 2025).
- Conference: 5th ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization, University of Pittsburgh, November 5-7, 2025.
- Call for Papers: ASLH 2025 Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 13-15, 2025 (Deadline: March 25, 2025).
- Call for Papers: International Conference "Poetry and Knowledge," University of Münster, November 20-22, 2025 (Deadline: June 1, 2025).
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025 (Proposal deadline: February 13, 2025).
- Position opening: Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society, Vanderbilt University, 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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