ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS
- "The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Hibatullah Akundzada has called on religious scholars to strengthen the implementation of Sharia and preserve the history of jihad." 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.”
- "A televised interview with Sadık Albayrak, an in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a longtime ideologue in Turkey’s political Islamist movement, has revealed that Erdogan personally confided in him about plans to revive the Ottoman-era Meşihat, the office of the Şeyhülislam (Sheikh al-Islam or Grand Mufti), which once served as the supreme religious authority in the Ottoman Empire."
- "Standard Life has launched the Sharia Universal Strategic Lifestyle Profile, a pension plan option which is compliant with Islamic law. The firm said it has been ‘certified from the top down’ by independent Sharia advisers, iConsult Africa."
- "A growing number of Ghanaian Gen-Z Muslims on scoial media are strongly pushing for the right of Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, particularly Christians."
- "Ministry of Interior of Bahrain said it is currently examining unlawful practices, including the exploitation of various institutions by ideological and religious movements to spread misleading pro-Iranian narratives in the kingdom...in order to deepen the influence of Iran's Wilayat al-Faqih doctrine under a religious cover within various sectors of Bahraini society."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW
- "A House Judiciary subcommittee [held] its second hearing on whether Islamic law and political Islam are compatible with the U.S. Constitution."
- "The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia announced that Monday, May 18, 2026, [was] the first day of Dhu al-Hijjah for the year 1447 AH."
- "Over 100 rights groups and organizations in a statement called for 'immediate, unconditional, and complete repeal' of a new Taliban regulation on marriage and family law, saying that it legitimizes child marriage and forced unions." "One of the most debatable articles of the decree recognises the silence of a 'virgin girl' as consent to marriage."
- "The Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan has ruled that attempting suicide will once again count as a criminal offense under the law. The court declared the government’s 2022 amendment un-Islamic and ordered the restoration of the earlier legal provision."
- In Nigeria, "the Hisbah Command in Katagum Zone of Bauchi State has arrested seven members of a group known as Wuddadu in Azare Local Government Area over an alleged illegal wife-swapping."
- "A petition filed in the Peshawar High Court [Pakistan] seeks the creation of a special Ulema Protection Cell at the Central Police Office after the killing of Maulana Mohammad Idrees."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Events:
- 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
- Workshop: Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Graduate Student Workshop, July 25–26, 2026
- Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026
- Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026
- Conference: The Institutional Embedding of Shiʿi Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900), University of Leiden, January 13–15, 2027
Opportunities:
- Award: Global Dissertation Prize, American Society for Legal History, June 1, 2026
- Call for Papers: The Institutional Embedding of Shiʿi Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900), University of Leiden, June 20, 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
- Award: Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, July 15, 2026
- Award: Graduate Paper Prize, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, July 15, 2026
- Award: Student Travel Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, September 1, 2026
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