ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The members of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah in Nigeria (SCSN), Kaduna State Chapter, have expressed deep sorrow over the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari. ...The council recalled that a notable hallmark of Bu…  | By islamiclawblog on July 21, 2025 |  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "The members of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah in Nigeria (SCSN), Kaduna State Chapter, have expressed deep sorrow over the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari. ...The council recalled that a notable hallmark of Buhari's legacy was his courageous support for the reimplementation of Shari'ah law in Northern Nigeria during the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo, at a time when the move sparked intense national debates and stiff resistance."
- "Indonesia is set to establish a new Islamic Economy Agency (BES) to replace the existing National Committee for Islamic Economy and Finance (KNEKS), aiming to enhance policy innovation and strengthen coordination across the country's Shariah economic ecosystem."
- The cryptocurrency exchange firm Binance "launched Sharia Earn, a faith-based crypto staking product certified...by Amanie Advisors, a Shariah advisory firm[.] Sharia Earn is the first multi-token staking product build to align with Islamic finance."
- The Arab Weekly reported that "Egypt's official religious bodies, long accustomed to acting as gatekeepers on everything from marriage to finance, are now facing competition from tools that deliver instant answers, often accompanied by citations from classical sources." Egypt's Dār al-Iftā' announced that its 10th international Conference, "The Making of the Competent Mufti in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," will "lay down clear foundations for training a discerning mufti—one who can engage with digital transformations and responsibly employ AI tools to serve the fatwa process while upholding Islamic principles." Ahead of the conference, Dār al-Iftā' issued a statement on the "e-fatwa in the AI age," noting that its FatwaPro platform "has handled 6,740 fatwas [since 2022], with 3,470 issued in 2024 alone. The platform now averages up to fifteen inquiries per day, predominantly in English and French."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - In June, a Human Rights Watch report argued that "Pakistan's blasphemy laws perpetuate religious discrimination and are used to target the poor and minorities in unlawful evictions and land grabs." Last week, the Islamabad High Court "directed the government to launch a probe into the increasing number of online blasphemy cases, particularly involving young individuals. ...Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, presiding over the case, ordered that a commission be formed within the next 30 days to investigate the issue."
- "Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, sentenced to death in Yemen for the 2017 murder of Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mehdi, has received a temporary reprieve from execution. However, her future remains uncertain, with the victim's family firmly rejecting any possibility of a pardon and demanding 'Qisas'—retribution under Islamic law." "While there is no official confirmation on what led to the [stay of execution]...the Grand Mufti of India [was] credited for leading negotiations that brought some relief for Nimisha and her family."
- "A former massage therapist who claimed to possess supernatural powers and taught followers controversial beliefs—including justifying gambling and spiritual marriages—has been sentenced to four months' jail in Singapore for promoting a doctrine deemed contrary to Islamic law."
- The East Plano Islamic Center filed suit against the Texas Funeral Service Commission (TFSC) "for the right to perform services after the commission ordered the mosque to stop them earlier this year. ...Since TFSC sent [a cease and desist] letter, 11 congregants have died without receiving funeral rites at their home mosque, EPIC alleges. Islamic law requires prompt burial, ideally within 24 hours."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Calendar: - 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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