ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "UNICEF call[ed] on the Taliban to lift ban on girls' education as new school year begins in Afghanistan." For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisa…  | By islamiclawblog on March 31, 2025 | ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "UNICEF call[ed] on the Taliban to lift ban on girls' education as new school year begins in Afghanistan." 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."
- In Afghanistan, "[a] woman and a man were publicly flogged in Ghazni province after being convicted of "moral corruption," Taliban court said . . . as they continue to carry out corporal punishment across the country." For more content and context on harsh interpretations and applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb's "Resource Roundup: Islamic Criminal Law." For more news blurbs relating to harsh applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our "Islamic Criminal Law in the News Roundup."
- "Bollywood, a powerful cultural force, has increasingly tackled complex social issues, including divorce and its legal ramifications. . . . Nikaah (1982), directed by B.R. Chopra, which critically examined Islamic marital laws . . . . brought . . . complex laws into public discourse, sparking national debate and raising crucial questions about women's rights within Islamic law."
- In Somalia, some observers have reported that "[i]n captured towns, Al-Shabaab is enforcing Islamic law, collecting taxes, and providing security, while Somalia's government remains weak and divided. Unlike in the past, the group is avoiding civilian massacres and targeting its efforts on one clear goal—the capture of Mogadishu and the establishment of an Islamic state."
- "Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in the Kokorou region in southwestern Niger . . . as contrary to Islamic law and all international legal norms and human rights."
- "Threatened with eviction from their homes, some 600 families, mostly Catholics, have vowed to continue a 16-month-old hunger strike in Kerala state, in southern India. . . . The Muslim body, the Kerala State Waqf Board, claimed the land as Waqf, meaning it was donated to charity according to Islamic law long before the villagers began to buy plots[.]"
- "The founder of a new gaming app that allows users to predict the outcome of football matches without breaching Shariah – Islamic law – [expressed] hop[e] to expand into other sports."
- "The Oyo State government [Nigeria] has announced plans to legally challenge the establishment of a Sharia panel in Oyo town, declaring it unconstitutional."
- "Notwithstanding the implementation of mandatory halal certification for F&B, trading non-halal F&B is not completely banned in Indonesia. Products containing pork, pork derivatives or alcohol, or mixed with non-halal substances in production lines, are still allowed to sell in the market if a "Non-Halal" mark is affixed to the package and non-halal F&B are displayed in such a way as to be clearly distinguished from halal products."
- "For many Muslim women, traditional nail polish presents a spiritual dilemma as it prevents water from reaching the nail during Wudu (ablution). . . . Breathable nail polishes have emerged as a game-changer."
- "US-based scholar Ahmet T Kuru has critici[z]ed the muzakarah committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs (MKI) and the Malaysian Islamic development department (Jakim) for recommending a ban on two of his books."
- MyNikahNow, a recently launched Islamic marriage app, "enables Muslim couples to formalize their marriage quickly and efficiently in accordance with Islamic principles (Aqd Nikah Shar'i)—in less than 48 hours with the express option. "
- "Like many American religious communities, Muslims across the country have gravitated toward [donuts]: They're cheap, easy to cater in large quantities early in the morning — and nothing pairs more beautifully with that hallowed first morning coffee in 30 days. They're also often halal-friendly."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - "The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) [Pakistan] has ruled that any custom denying women their inheritance rights, as granted by the Holy Quran and Sunnah, is un-Islamic and legally void, The Express Tribune reported. The ruling followed a petition by Syeda Fouzia Jalaal Shah, who highlighted the local custom known as 'Chaddar' or 'Parchi' in Bannu District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which deprives women of their ancestral property rights."
- "South Korea's largest Muslim organi[z]ation has issued a fatwa recogni[z]ing that cultivated meat can be Halal if it meets certain requirements, with one startup already pursuing the certification."
- In the UAE, "[t]he Department of Islamic Affairs in Sharjah has confirmed — through an official fatwa — that supporting higher education is a recogni[z]ed form of zakat."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: - Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop: "Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia" with M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), April 1, 2025.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: "A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse" by Sarah Savant, Program in Islamic Law, April 8, 2025.
- Prize: Undergraduate Thesis Prize, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, April 11, 2025.
- Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop: Latifeh Aavani (Harvard University), "The Global Codification Movement and the Development of Legal Reforms in 19th-Century Iran," April 14, 2025.
- Call for Managing Editor: Program in Islamic Law, 2025-2026, April 30, 2025.
- Workshop: Parchment, Paper, Inks, and Gold, The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program and Harvard Art Museums, May 1, 2025.
- Prize: Doctoral Dissertation Prize, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, May 16, 2025.
- Fellowship: May-Crane Fellowships, Harvard University 2025 (deadline to be announced).
Calendar: - Postdoctoral Research Assistant: "(De)Colonizing Sharia?" Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of Erfurt (Deadline: March 31, 2025).
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Legal Research & Analysis, volume 3, issue 1, April 15, 2025.
- IISMM Seminar Series: "The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal," IISMM, France (remote option), April 18, 2025.
- Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS, Lahore, April 18-20, 2025.
- Symposium: 12th Annual Graduate Symposium, hosted by the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC), Montreal, April 24, 2025 (deadline February 17, 2025).
- Lecture: Calligraphy, Meet Street Art, Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, April 27, 2025.
- Call for Papers: Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence, Royal Holloway University University of London, April 30, 2025 (deadline March 15, 2025).
- Grant: MESA Global Academy 2025 – 2026 Application, May 1, 2025.
- Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, May 1-3, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5, 2025).
- Call for Papers: 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, May 2-3, 2025 (Deadline: January 31, 2025).
- Call for Papers: " Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy," University of Villanova School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, May 5-6, 2025 (Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2025).
- Conference: Eleventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Queen Mary University, UK, May 8-10, 2025 (Paper proposals: October 31, 2024; Panel proposals: November 30, 2024).
- IISMM Seminar Series: "From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences," IISMM, France, May 16, 2025.
- LSA 2025 Annual Meeting: Chicago, Illinois from May 22-25, 2025 (Early registration: December 3, 2024; registration: January 3, 2025).
- Call for Papers: "Towards a Global Ecological-Economic Legal Framework," ESIL IG, Paris, June 6-7, 2025 (deadline February 28, 2025).
- 2025 Hurst Summer Institute: Legal History, University of Wisconsin Law School, June 15-27, 2025.
- Conference: Law, Culture, and Humanities 27th Annual Conference, Georgetown University, June 17-18, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 31, 2025).
- IISMM Seminar Series: "Waqfs, women and circles of power," IISMM, France (remote option), June 20, 2025.
- Conference: The Middle Ages in the Modern World, London Strand Campus, King's College London, June 24-26, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 13, 2025).
- Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies, July 7 – August 8, 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).
- Call for Papers: ASLH 2025 Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 13-15, 2025 (Deadline: March 25, 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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