ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "On April 21, 2025, the Islamic State released a video in the Arabic language accusing al-Sharaa and its transition government of apostasy and calling the local fighters to 'embrace the true Islam.'" In India, "BJP nation…  | By islamiclawblog on May 12, 2025 | ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "On April 21, 2025, the Islamic State released a video in the Arabic language accusing al-Sharaa and its transition government of apostasy and calling the local fighters to 'embrace the true Islam.'"
- In India, "BJP national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam said the [Waqf] Act was aimed at transforming waqf properties into welfare institutions benefiting the Muslim community, without interfering with religious beliefs."
- "During the 45th AlBaraka Islamic Economics Symposium in Madina, two organizations – the AlBaraka Forum for Islamic Economy and Spectreco LLC, a US-based sustainability and technology firm – signed an agreement to launch what they call the world's first Shariah-compliant ESG Index[.]"
- "Kuwait has approved a draft law to abolish Article 182 of the Penal Code, which previously allowed a kidnapper to escape punishment if he legally married his victim with the consent of her guardian."
- "'We've identified 17 crises across the world where our engagement is most urgent, most vital. Afghanistan is high on that list,' said the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in an interview with AFP during a visit to northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province." "Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban's minister for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, has described international calls for women's rights as 'prohibited deeds,' according to a newly released audio recording of his speech from a gathering in Kabul."
- "The Taliban publicly flogged a man and a woman in the northern province of Sar-e-Pul after convicting them of 'illicit relations,' the Taliban's Supreme Court said." 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."
- "As part of its cultural and intellectual programme at the 34th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, the pavilion of the Muslim Council of Elders organised a seminar titled 'Intra-Islamic Dialogue: One Nation and One Shared Destiny.'"
- "Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on Tuesday announced the appointment of two new members to the Shariah Advisory Council (SAC), effective May 1, 2025. The SAC is the highest authority on Islamic law for Islamic financial business in Malaysia, advising BNM on shariah matters related to Islamic financial businesses, activities, and transactions."
- "Authorities [in Saudi Arabia] set April 13 as the final deadline for Umrah pilgrims to enter the country, and all such pilgrims must leave by April 29."
- "In a rare and groundbreaking public interview, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia laid out a precise and systematic framework for implementing Islamic law in modern governance—one rooted unwaveringly in the Quran and guided selectively by verified Sunnah."
- A forum organized by Sisters in Islam highlighted the difficulty divorced Muslim women face in claiming alimony and child support.
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has expressed its intention to challenge the Supreme Court's recent verdict that allows divorced Muslim women to claim maintenance from their former husbands beyond the iddat (waiting) period.
- "The Bombay High Court [recently] observed that religion is only one of the considerations in deciding child custody matters and not an overriding factor."
- "The Bombay High Court ruled that the Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which criminalizes the practice of instant triple talaq, is applicable only to the specific form of talaq known as Talaq-e-Bidat—a form of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce."
- "An Islamic legal scholar told the Durban regional court [South Africa] that Moulana Sajid Makki, who is on trial for indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl, should have known better when he was alone with the girl in his flat, as that was forbidden in Islamic law."
- "In Kano State, a Muslim-majority state in northern Nigeria, strict blasphemy laws carry punishments as severe as the death penalty for insulting Prophet Muhammad. The ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States] court has now called for the laws to be repealed, and declared them to be in violation of international human rights obligations."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Calendar: - 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: - 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).
- Prize: Phanor J. Eder Prize in Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee, June 13, 2025.
- 2025 Hurst Summer Institute: Legal History, University of Wisconsin Law School, June 15-27, 2025.
- Arabic Intensive Program: SABLA 2025 Summer Arabic Intensive Program, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Washington, D.C., June 16 – July 17, 2025 (Deadline June 2, 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).
- Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series, American Society for Legal History, June 30, 2025.
- Workshop: "From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies," Hamburg University, July 1-4, 2025 (Deadline: April 30, 2025)
- Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies, July 7 – August 8, 2025.
- 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).
- 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 14, 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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