ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The rapid evolution of Islamic banking across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states comprising Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman has positioned the region as a global benchmark for Shar…  | By islamiclawblog on August 18, 2025 |  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "The rapid evolution of Islamic banking across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states comprising Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman has positioned the region as a global benchmark for Shariah-compliant finance."
- In Ghana, a "spokesperson for the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu...[explained that] Islam permits the temporary suspension of immediate burial rites in cases like the August 6 helicopter crash that killed Environment Minister Murtala Muhammed, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru (Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator), and six others."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban government) rejected the latest Human Rights Watch report, which accuses it of violating women's rights and depriving girls of access to education." Last week, "Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada directed clerics to encourage men to adopt what he described as the 'traditions of the Prophet'...Under a Taliban decree personally signed by Akhundzada, shaving or trimming beards is banned and considered a punishable offense." 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."
- "Bahrain's High Shariah Court has delivered a judgment disestablishing the legal paternity of five children from a Bahraini man's ex-wife, after conclusive DNA evidence revealed he is not their biological father."
- "An Islamic court in Indonesia's conservative on Aceh province...sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Calendar: - 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: "Islam and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities," North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies, November 20, 2025 (Deadline: July 11, 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).
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Trends in Intellectual Property Research, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 29, 2025
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Legal Research & Analysis, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 29, 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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