ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Penang mufti Sukki Othman has advised against politicising the status of Islam in [Malaysia], saying it would only sow confusion, fear, and division in society. In dismissing claims that Islam is under threat, Sukki emphasi…  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "Penang mufti Sukki Othman has advised against politicising the status of Islam in [Malaysia], saying it would only sow confusion, fear, and division in society. In dismissing claims that Islam is under threat, Sukki emphasised that Islam is the religion of the federation, as stipulated in the Federal Constitution...[and] Malay rulers serve as the head of Islam in their respective states." 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.
- In Bangladesh, "sharia-based loans or investments [through] conventional banks have increased at a higher rate than those of Islamic banks."
- "Emin Serif has been sworn in as the new mufti of the northeastern city of Didymoteicho [Greece] in a ceremony at the Education Ministry in the presence of the minister, Sofia Zacharaki. Zacharaki called the event 'historic,' highlighting that the modern institutional framework for the mufti's office is now being fully implemented with transparency and in accordance with Greek law, the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and European law."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - "Iranian authorities will press charges punishable by death against some individuals arrested during recent demonstrations....The office of the Tehran prosecutor said in a statement quoted by state television that an unspecified number would be charged with 'moharebeh,' or 'waging war against God.'"
- "In the decades since Shah Bano Begum's legal fight for alimony upended India's approach to marital law, her name has become synonymous with the clash between secular statutes and religious personal law. Now, with the release of the Netflix film Haq in January 2026, the story has returned to the national spotlight."
- "The Sultan of Selangor [Malaysia], Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has ordered state religious authorities to take firm action against any immoral activities involving what he described as deviant practices....In line with the Sultan's directive, MAIS [the Selangor Islamic Religious Council] and Selangor Mufti also expressed strong opposition to any form of activity or promotion related to LGBT practices, stating that such acts are prohibited in Islam and contradict Islamic teachings."
- In Indonesia, "according to the revised criminal code, those caught engaging in extramarital sex can face up to one year in prison, while cohabitation before marriage can result in up to six months in prison....[T]he revised criminal code is seen as moving closer to Islamic law." Meanwhile, "some critics now argue that marriage-related offenses in the new [criminal code] contradict Islamic law."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Events: - Workshop: Arabic TEI (Textual Encoding Initiative), April 2–3, 2026
PIL & Harvard Opportunities: Global Events: - Book Talk: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Omar Youssef Cheta (Syracuse University), January 21, 2026 @ 7:00pm
- Conference: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, February February 4–5, 2026
- Conference: AI Methodologies and Applications in Middle Eastern and Islamic World Studies, Kuwait University, February 4–5, 2026
- Conference: Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, Amherst, MA, March 19–21, 2026
- Conference: Humanities of AI—Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis, Johns Hopkins University, April 24–26, 2026
- Conference: American Society for Premodern Asia Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 24–27, 2026
- Conference: Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, May 1–2, 2026
- Workshop: The Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, June 8–9, 2026
- Conference: Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference, Chicago, June 17–18, 2026
- Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026
Global Opportunities: - Call for Proposals: 2026 Sponsored Event Program, American Society of Comparative Law, January 20, 2026
- Call for Applications: Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University, January 26, 2026
- Call for Submissions: Fusayfsa', the Smith College student-led Middle East Studies Journal, January 30, 2026
- Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference, Chicago, January 31, 2026
- Call for Papers: 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, January 31, 2026
- Call for Papers: Humanities of AI Workshop—Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis, Johns Hopkins University, January 31, 2026
- Call for Papers: Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (MEIS) Graduate Student Virtual Symposium, University of Alberta, February 2, 2026
- Call for Panels: Middle East Medievalists at MESA 2026, February 12, 2026
- Call for Papers: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, February 17, 2026
- Call for Applications: Kamel Center Senior Postgraduate Fellowship, Yale Law School, February 20, 2026
- Call for Papers: Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, Princeton University, February 20, 2026
- Call for Participation: Digital Medieval Studies Institute, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 13, 2026
- Position Opening: Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Middle East, Colby College, July 1, 2026
- Call for Participation: Digital Medieval Studies Institute, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, July 10, 2026
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