ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar a…  | By islamiclawblog on July 14, 2025 |  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - The Supreme Court of Kenya recently held that children born out of wedlock can inherit their father's estate according to Islamic law. "A section of Muslim religious leaders at the Coastal region have strongly opposed [the] ruling that allows children born out of wedlock to inherit property from their deceased Muslim fathers, terming it a violation of Islamic law and the jurisdiction of Kadhi courts."
- Bahrain's Sharia Court of Appeal voided the transfer his house to his wife, ruling that the gift had no effect. The Court was persuaded that the transferor was in poor health at the time of the gift and that the house should revert to the deceased's estate and be distributed according to Islamic inheritance law.
- "A powerful religious decree has been issued by Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, one of Iran's most senior Shia clerics, targeting U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The fatwa — a formal ruling under Islamic law — brands both leaders as "enemies of God" and calls for Muslim unity in confronting them."
- "The Federal Court [of Malaysia] in a 3-1 decision ruled that Selangor's 2014 fatwa could not be used against SIS Forum (Malaysia) as it is a company, which means the fatwa no longer labels it as "sesat" or deviant from Islamic teachings."
- "The Telangana High Court [India] has come up with a detailed step-by-step procedure for granting Khula, a form of dissolution of marriage initiated by the wife under Islamic law, without requiring her husband's consent, under Muslim personal law."
- Commenting on the issue of fatwā issuance and institutions, Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr. Nazir Ayyad wrote: "This vision necessitates the institutionalization of the fatwa process, transforming it from an individualistic endeavor into a collaborative, research-driven enterprise. It requires the establishment of specialized research centers, comprehensive training programs for muftis, and sophisticated systems for monitoring and analyzing social trends and emerging challenges. These mechanisms enable fatwa institutions to respond proactively with relevance, precision, and intellectual integrity."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Calendar: - 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).
- Summer School on Digital Humanities and Islamic Studies, September 1-4, 2025, Switzerland (Deadline: June 13, 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 31, 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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