ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Malaysian government announced that it will be "digitizing the Syariah court system via the E-Syariah platform...[which] allows the public to register and track the status of cases involving alimony, divorce, child custo…  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "The Malaysian government announced that it will be "digitizing the Syariah court system via the E-Syariah platform...[which] allows the public to register and track the status of cases involving alimony, divorce, child custody and matrimonial property without having to go to court."
- In Malaysia, "the public is being advised to respect the Federal Constitution, comply with Islamic law and take care of the sensitivities of Muslims in order to preserve harmony and national unity. This follows backlash over alcoholic beverages being served at an event allegedly organised by a government agency."
- "Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, representing the Taliban government, made an important visit to the Darul Uloom Deoband Seminary in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh [India]....during which he met Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, the seminary's rector, and Maulana Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind."
- The Bangladesh Bank has "made formation of Shariah Supervisory Committees (SSC) mandatory for all Islamic banks and also issued guidelines on members' qualifications and responsibilities."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - "The Jharkhand High Court [India]...dismissed an appeal by a Dhanbad-based pathologist, Md. Akil Alam, who argued the he was entitled to multiple marriages under his personal law despite having solemnised his second marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954."
- "An imam has pleaded guilty after two teenagers were allowed to marry each other in a mosque. Northamptonshire [UK] Police said Ashraf Osmani had been charged under forced marriage legislation after it was alleged he conducted a Nikah wedding ceremony involving two 16-year-olds at Northampton Central Mosque."
- Expediency Council member Mohammad-Reza Bahonar told reporters that the "Hijab and Chastity Law—quietly shelved by Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) in May—is 'no longer legally enforceable.'"
- "Iran is poised to implement a new anti-espionage law expanding government control over social media and online activity which could expand the death penalty for internet speech. [According to the law,] 'The fabrication or dissemination of false reports, or the creation or publication of any content that typically causes public fear and panic or is contrary to national security, shall—if not constituting the crime of corruption on earth—be punishable, at the court's discretion, by third-degree imprisonment.'"
- "The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia has officially ruled to classify all goods transported by couriers into two categories — halal (permissible) and haram (forbidden), the organization's press service announced. The decision aims to bring modern courier and logistics work in line with Islamic law."
- "A Moroccan court on Monday upheld a 30-month prison sentence for feminist Ibtissame Lachgar on blasphemy charges."
- The Indian Supreme Court affirmed that "a gift (hiba) under Mohammedan Law does not require a written document to be valid."
- "The Division Bench of the Kerala High Court [India] has ruled that the land in Munambam is not Waqf property...The earlier ruling by a Single Bench of the High Court had held the Munambam land was Waqf property and had maintained that any action regarding it must proceed under the Waqf Act."
- "Italy's ruling party, Brothers of Italy, plans to propose a law banning burqas and niqabs in public areas to combat 'Islamic separatism'. The bill includes fines for violators and new financial transparency requirements for unrecognised religious organisations."
- "The Islamabad High Court has disposed of a writ petition related to an underage marriage, while also making broad recommendations for legislative reforms regarding child marriages in Pakistan. Justice Muhammad Azam Khan issued a detailed judgment in a case [in which he] cited numerous Supreme Court and high court precedents establishing that while child marriages may constitute criminal offenses, they are not rendered invalid under Islamic law."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Events: - Islamic Law Speaker Series: Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School), The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: Artifact to Ontology, October 14, 2025 @12:30pm
- Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Prof. Houssem Chachia (University of Tunis), "The Conquest of Tunis (1535): Memory, Defeat, and Celebration Across Cultures," October 20, 2025 @6:15pm
- Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Ozkan Karabulut (Harvard University), "Scripturalization of the Alevi Mystical Poetry," November 3, 2025 @6:15pm
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: Youssef Belal (United Nations), "Thinking the World with Islamic Knowledges," November 11, 2025 @12:30pm
- Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Cem Turkoz (Harvard University), "Ottoman Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Context: The Evolution of the Canon," November 17, 2025 @6:15pm
Other Events: - Conference: Paris Congress at 125—Comparative Law's Entanglement with Power from Paris to Today, McGill University, Canada, October 16–18, 2025
- Conference: 5th ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization, University of Pittsburgh, November 5–7, 2025
- Conference: ASLH 2025 Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 13–15, 2025
- Conference: Muslims in AI, Imperial College London, November 16, 2025
- Conference: "Islam and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities," North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies, November 20, 202
- Conference: International Conference "Poetry and Knowledge," University of Münster, November 20–22, 2025
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22–25, 2025
- Conference: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, February February 4–5, 2026
- Conference: American Society for Premodern Asia Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 24–27, 2026
- Workshop: The Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, June 8–9, 2026
PIL & Harvard Opportunities: Other Opportunities: - Call for Papers: American Society for Premodern Asia Annual Meeting, October 31, 2025
- Call for Papers: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, November 1, 2025
- Position Opening: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University, November 3, 2025
- Call for Papers: Muslims in AI, Imperial College London, November 16, 2025
- Call for Papers: The Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, December 1, 2025
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Trends in Intellectual Property Research, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 29, 2025
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Legal Research & Analysis, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 29, 2025
- Position Opening: Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Middle East, Colby College, July 1, 2026
| | | |
No comments:
Post a Comment