 | By islamiclawblog on August 11, 2025 |  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "criticized [NY Governor Kathy] Hochul for wearing a head scarf at slain officer's funeral" in New York.
- Vietnam announced that it will "proactively negotiate and sign international agreements to facilitate and support businesses in promoting halal products and services, according to a draft decree on halal products and services quality management compiled by the Ministry of Science and Technology."
- "A group of Afghan refugee players participated in the first of three global talent identification camps in Sydney last month as part of efforts to build a 23-player women's squad" after the Taliban banned women's sports in 2021. 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."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - Egypt's Dar al-Ifta published a statement reflecting on the extent to which AI might "help reshape how we understand and issue fatwas concerning women's roles, responsibilities, and rights."
- "The Sultan of Pahang [Malaysia], Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, has called for a comprehensive review and reform of the Syariah enactments in the state, urging that the process go beyond cosmetic changes to align more closely with the Maqasid Syariah principles."
- In India, "The Ministry of External Affairs...refuted media reports suggesting that the death penalty of Nimisha Priya—a nurse from Kerala convicted in Yemen for the 2017 murder of a local businessman—had been officially overturned...The clarification came as Abdul Fattah Mahdi, the brother of the deceased Yemeni businessman Talal Abdo Mahdi, publically appealed to Yemen's Attorney General for the immediate enforcement of the court's ruling, citing the family's continued demand for qisas—a form of retributive justice under Islamic law."
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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