ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “Malaysia and the Maldives have signed two memoranda of understanding to enhance collaboration in maritime security, training, and Islamic affairs, including halal, waqf, and haj.” For more content and context on Islamic …
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS
- “Malaysia and the Maldives have signed two memoranda of understanding to enhance collaboration in maritime security, training, and Islamic affairs, including halal, waqf, and haj.” 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.
- “Grab Philippines has partnered with the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Region XI, to make halal food discovery easier and more accurate for consumers when ordering food online.”
- “The UAE Ministry of Finance announced the launch of a second issuance under its Sovereign Retail T-Sukuk Program with a five-year tenor. The second launch comes following the exceptional success and strong investor demand for the inaugural issuance.”
- “Kerala [India] Islamic scholar Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar reiterated his stand on Islamic law, saying religious rulings are not to be changed to suit political parties, individuals or public opinion. Kanthapuram had earlier faced criticism over remarks concerning the public appearance of Muslim women.”
CASES, FATWÄ€S, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW
- “Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body has proposed replacing the term “LGBT” with “LGSP,” grouping lesbian and gay people with sodomy and sexual abuse, as it prepares a proposed law that would criminalize conduct and advocacy it considers prohibited.”
- “The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that under Muslim Personal Law, a Muslim boy or girl who has attained puberty is competent to exercise a choice in marriage, with puberty being presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, upon completion of 15 years.”
- “The Kano [Nigeria] State Hisbah Board has arrested popular TikTok content creator Ukasha Yahaya, popularly known as UK International, over videos showing him hugging and bathing with women…. [Dr. Mujahid, Deputy Commander General of the board] warned youths against using TikTok for activities that contravene morality and religion.”
- In India, “The Allahabad High Court has upheld the right of an adult man to choose his religion and life partner, after 31-year-old Ayush Malik told the court that he had voluntarily embraced Islam and wished to marry a Muslim woman.”
- “Jokes that mock, insult, ridicule or demean others are strictly prohibited in Islam, Minister in the [Malayasian] Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Dr Zulkifli Hasan said, in response to controversial remarks involving a priest and a nun at the 2026 UMNO General Assembly.”
- “Taliban morality enforcers detained three women in the western city of Herat over accusations that they were not wearing clothing that complied with Taliban requirements.”
- “Amnesty International has urged the international community to take coordinated action against the Taliban as Afghanistan marks five years since girls were banned from attending secondary schools, describing the anniversary as ‘five years of stolen dreams’ for millions of Afghan girls.”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.”
- “The Telangana High Court has ruled that a Muslim man’s second marriage cannot be treated as void under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code just because his first marriage was still in existence.”
- “Sheikh Adel al-Shula said in his sermon in the city of Qom [Iran] that the Al Khalifa regime, using its hostility toward the Islamic Republic of Iran, is accusing and trying dozens of Shia scholars of accepting the idea of Velayat-e Faqih.”
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Events:
- Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026
- Conference: Ruling Bodies: Islamic Law, Embodiment, and the Anthropology of Normativity, The Institute for Islamic Theology, Paderborn University, November 6–7, 2026
- Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026
- Conference: The Institutional Embedding of ShiÊ¿i Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900), University of Leiden, January 13–15, 2027
- Conference: Rupture or Continuity in SharÄ«Ê¿a: (De)Colonizing SharÄ«Ê¿a? International Conference, Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, Turkey, June 9–11, 2027
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