Tie Your Camel is back (and it's different this time)

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July 13th, 2026   |   Read online Assalamu'alaikum, For the past few months, we've been quietly rebuilding one of our most important programs. Today we want to tell you about it — before we tell anyone else. Tie Your Camel (TYC) is a 6-month business accelerator for faith-based educators and trainers: coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, and experts who carry beneficial knowledge and want to build a serious, sustainable business around it. Here's the conviction behind it: Sincerity alone does not spread beneficial knowledge. It must be carried by clarity, structure, courage, ethical growth, and ihsan (spiritual excellence). We've watched too many sincere educators stay stuck — not because their knowledge wasn't valuable, but because no one taught them how to structure it, communicate it, and grow it without falling into Hustle Culture. Meanwhile, louder and emptier voices keep shaping the minds and ambitions of our Ummah. TYC exists to change that. Over 6 months, you'll work on: clarifying your mission, audience, and message, overcoming fear, doubt, and resistance, designing a transformational program and honest offer, building an ethical growth system suited to your stage, becoming AI-powered in your execution, and launching or improving your business — with Barakah. This first cohort is private. We're opening it to our email community only, and it's limited to 20 participants — a genuine capacity limit, because we want to work closely with this first group and refine the redesigned program carefully. It's application-only, and applications close soon. The Information Session is the best place to see whether this is for you. Come with your questions. Register for the Information Session Sincerely, The Productive Muslim Company Contactus@productivemuslim.com ProductiveMuslim.com P.S. If you're wondering whether this is for you: TYC is for Muslim educators, coaches, trainers, and experts with beneficial knowledge to share. It is not for quick-money seekers. Register for the Information Session to learn more.   Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here © 2026 The Productive Muslim Company 3824 Cedar Springs Rd #801-8634 Dallas, Texas 75219, United States Powered by beehiiv Terms of Service

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Another natural disaster again exposed Japan’s ill-preparedness in dealing with the needs of foreign workers during emergencies, even in places that increasingly view non-Japanese residents as vital members of the communit… Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law Blog Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law in the News Roundup July 13, 2026 ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Another natural disaster again exposed Japan’s ill-preparedness in dealing with the needs of foreign workers during emergencies, even in places that increasingly view non-Japanese residents as vital members of the community....'“We were focused primarily on elderly Japanese in preparing special meals, so we had not taken halal food (prepared according to Islamic law) into account.'" "Following His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad’s directives that International Ahmadiyya Muslim Lawyers Association be established in every country of the world...the group is now established in 200 countries." In Bangladesh, "The Senate of Jahangirnagar University (JU) is set to consider the constitution of the proposed Institute of Islamic Studies and Theology...The proposed departments are: Al-Quran and Islamic Studies; Al-Hadith and Islamic Studies; Islamic History and Culture; Islamic Law, Fiqh and Jurisprudence; Islamic Philosophy, Ethics and Comparative Religion; and Arabic Language and Literature." A "grave [in Arbin, Syria] was exhumed, the deceased’s body removed, photographed, and then handed over to his family, allegedly due to his past affiliation with or support for a particular faction during the years of conflict...constitut[ing] a grave violation of the sanctity of the dead, an assault on human dignity, and a transgression against Islamic law [and] Syrian law." "The Katara Cultural Village collaborated with the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, alongside IslamOnline, in convening the 30th Katara Tech Forum in Doha [Qatar]. The panel discussion was dedicated to discussing the subject of artificial intelligence in Islamic Sharia provisions." "For decades, Muslims have debated whether bank interest is the riba that is forbidden in Islamic law. However, this might be the wrong question. The real focus should be on understanding the type of loan that Islamic principles prohibit extra charges on."  CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW In Malaysia, a "Muslim biological parent’s attempt to invoke federal law to recover their child from the care of two other Muslims has been struck out by the Seremban High Court, which ruled that the matter falls exclusively within the jurisdiction of the shariah court." For more content and context on Islamic law in Malaysia, consult our Editor-in-Chief Professor Intisar Rabb’s "Legislation and Regulation of Islamic Law in Malaysia" and its appended resource roundup. "Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared that the publication or broadcast of visual depictions of prophets and other revered religious personalities is impermissible under Islamic law, urging media organisations to avoid such content to preserve the sanctity of sacred figures." For more content and context on depictions of the Prophet and their permissibility from an Islamic law perspective, consult our “Resource Roundup: Controversy over Depictions of Prophet Muḥammad – Religion and Free Speech” by Editor-in-Chief Intisar Rabb and staff editors. "Mufti Taqi Usmani has declared purchasing goods with cryptocurrency 'impermissible,' citing research conducted by experts so far which found that cryptocurrency does not qualify as 'wealth.'" "The UAE Council for Fatwa has urged the public to obtain religious rulings only from official national fatwa institutions, warning against relying on websites, social media platforms, anonymous accounts or unlicensed individuals for religious guidance." In India, the "Chhattisgarh Waqf Board is drafting a set of norms that would require all qazis solemnising nikahs in the state to register with the board and seek its clearance before conducting Islamic marriage ceremonies involving a Muslim and a non-Muslim." UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Events:  Workshop: Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Graduate Student Workshop, July 25–26, 2026 Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026 Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026 Conference: The Institutional Embedding of Shiʿi Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900), University of Leiden, January 13–15, 2027 Opportunities:  Award: Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, July 15, 2026 Award: Graduate Paper Prize, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, July 15, 2026 Award: Student Travel Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, September 1, 2026 Comment

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Rethinking marriage—and divorce—in Muslim Indonesia" (University of Colorado Boulder Blog) "CU Boulder sociologist Rachel Rinaldo’s research uncovers how Indonesian women are re-shaping marriage and it… Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law Blog Read on blog or Reader Weekend Scholarship Roundup July 10, 2026 SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Rethinking marriage—and divorce—in Muslim Indonesia" (University of Colorado Boulder Blog) "CU Boulder sociologist Rachel Rinaldo’s research uncovers how Indonesian women are re-shaping marriage and its end within Islamic law, with implications far beyond Southeast Asia." In "Inhabiting the Threshold (Dihlīz): The Madrasa Between Inheritance and Interrogation" (Hashiya), Ebrahim Moosa (University of Notre Dame) asks "What is a madrasa? What does it cultivate? How has it changed? And how might it change? To defend it uncritically would be naïve. To abandon it would be an act of intellectual amnesia. The path forward [after 9/11] required something else—a mode of engagement that neither capitulated to imperial narratives nor romanticized inherited forms. What follows is the story of how I arrived at an answer. On Islam and AI/Data Science In "Reimagining Islamic Civilization in the Age of AI: Digital Humanities, Ethical Challenges, and Knowledge Production in the Muslim World" (Islamic Civilization and History), Muhammad Yusuf (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Syekh Nurjati) observes that "the convergence of artificial intelligence with Islamic civilization presents unprecedented challenges to knowledge production, ethical frameworks, and educational practices. Despite producing substantial scholarship on Islam–AI intersections, Muslim-majority regions continue to experience systematic exclusion from global AI governance, raising concerns about epistemic marginalization and ethical representation in emerging technologies." The study "aims to map the global landscape of Islamic–AI scholarship, analyze dominant Islamic ethical frameworks guiding AI development, evaluate digital humanities applications to Islamic textual traditions, and assess challenges related to AI integration in Islamic education." FIELD GUIDE TO ISLAMIC LAW ONLINE: RECENT SOURCES The Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is an ever-growing collection of links to hundreds of primary sources and archival collections around the world, online. We recently added a new resource to this list: The Aʻzam Dukht Qavami collection contains images of 96 items from 19th-20st-century Iran such as "photographs; objects of daily life; legal and financial documents, including: inheritance, property sale settlement, and power of attorney. Most of these items belonged to Aʻzam Dukht Qavami, daughter of Mihrangiz Khvajah-nuri and Manuchihr Qavami, and wife of Muhammad Riza Sawmiʻi." UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES  Events:  Workshop: Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Graduate Student Workshop, July 25–26, 2026 Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026 Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026 Conference: The Institutional Embedding of Shiʿi Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900), University of Leiden, January 13–15, 2027 Conference: Rupture or Continuity in Sharīʿa: (De)Colonizing Sharīʿa? International Conference, Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, Turkey, June 9–11, 2027 Opportunities:  Call for Participation: Digital Medieval Studies Institute, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, July 10, 2026 Award: Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, July 15, 2026 Award: Graduate Paper Prize, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, July 15, 2026 Award: Student Travel Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, September 1, 2026 Comment

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