ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Women's inheritance rights in Pakistan are protected by law and Islam, yet social pressure forces many to waive property, creating a pattern of silent disinheritance." The Indonesian Constitutional Society asks whether …  ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS - "Women's inheritance rights in Pakistan are protected by law and Islam, yet social pressure forces many to waive property, creating a pattern of silent disinheritance."
- The Indonesian Constitutional Society asks whether the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah should "have the courage to take firmer policy measures—evaluating departures, imposing a temporary moratorium, and preparing clear protection and evacuation schemes" during armed conflict.
- "The Ministry of Minority Affairs has launched a digital accounts module on the UMEED portal to track income and expenditure of Waqf institutions across India."
- "Salem Al Doubi, Head of the Preaching and Fatwa Department at the Sharjah Department of Islamic Affairs, highlighted that Zakat al-Fitr is a great act of worship."
- "Sakeeb Zaman, founder and CEO of halal finance company StrideUp, outlines the fundamentals of Islamic financing in home purchases."
- A recent article from Scottish news outlet The Ferret asks, "Does Sharia law have an influence in Scotland?"
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW - "One of the largest Islamic organizations in Indonesia, Muhammadiyah, through its Majelis Tarjih dan Tajdid, has officially issued a fatwa regarding the legal status of crypto assets."
- "Ali Mohieddin Al-Qaradaghi, president of the Global Union of Muslim Scholars, has issued a fatwa calling for an immediate halt to the conflicts between Afghanistan and Pakistan."
- "A couple in Indonesia was caned 140 times each...for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol."
- In an essay "revisiting International Women's Day 1979 in Iran" and discussing laws related to women's rights, Niloufar Nematollahi argues that "those who tell you what to wear today will tell you what to think tomorrow."
- In India, "the Supreme Court is examining a legal challenge to provisions of Muslim inheritance law, raising questions about gender equality, personal laws, and constitutional rights."
- "The assassination of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei by the US and Israel this month has left the Middle East and the world confronting an important question: Is his famous fatwa prohibiting the production and usage of nuclear weapons also dead?"
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Events: - Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Cem Turkoz, "An Edifice of Super-Glosses: The Making of an Ottoman Tradition of Natural Philosophy, 1650–1800," March 23, 2026
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California), "The Islamic Secular," April 7, 2026
- Workshop: Manuscripts to Megabytes: Evolving Editorial Practices and Challenges in Arabic Manuscripts from the Premodern to the Digital Age with Sabine Schmidtke, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, April 2, 2026
- Workshop: Arabic TEI (Textual Encoding Initiative), April 2–3, 2026
- Workshop: The BADR Project (7th-21st c.): A TEI-XML Analysis of Premodern Islamic Texts and Beyond with Adrien de Jarmy, April 3, 2026
- Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Amadu Kunateh, "Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive," April 6, 2026
- Roundtable: Knowledge in the Islamic Court, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, April 16, 2026
- Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Djelemory Diabate, "Closing the Sufi Age: Authority, Finality, and Political Theology in Umar al-Futi Tal's Kitab Rimah," April 20, 2026
Global Events: - 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 Papers: Kathryn T. Preyer Scholars Program, American Society for Legal History, April 1, 2026
- Fellowship: 2026 ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey, American Research Institute in Turkey, April 1, 2026
- Fellowship: MESA 2026–2027 Global Academy, April 16, 2026
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- Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, May 4, 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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