ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "In war zones and disaster areas, food can become a serious problem for Muslim soldiers and refugees. The US Military’s packaged, ready-to-eat meals (MREs) were a huge success when they were first introduced during the Seco…
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS
- "In war zones and disaster areas, food can become a serious problem for Muslim soldiers and refugees. The US Military’s packaged, ready-to-eat meals (MREs) were a huge success when they were first introduced during the Second World War. They were built to last a long time without going bad. But as more people of different faiths, specifically Muslims, joined the armed forces, the question of a lack of halal-certified meat or chicken options in the standard MREs became an issue."
- "At an evidentiary hearing...[a petitioner] confirmed that his motion was a request that the circuit court apply Islamic law instead of the laws of the State of Wisconsin."
- "In a move to insulate the sanctity of the pulpit from the fray of partisan politics, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has called on Islamic clerics to resign their positions before contesting for elective offices."
- "Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, in a meeting of the group’s Council of Ministers, emphasized religious and ideological education for the people and said that strengthening the Islamic system depends on teaching religion."
- "Pakistan has no law that criminalises abetment of suicide, exposing a critical gap in the country’s criminal justice system where psychological abuse that leads to death remains largely unpunished....Islamic jurisprudence already has a solution: the doctrine of tasbib (indirect causation)."
- In Qatar, "the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, represented by the Institute of Da’wah and Islamic Sciences, organised a specialised scientific training course titled “Contemporary Jurisprudential Issues in Financial Transactions” as part of its 2026 Shariah Muftis Forum training programme."
- "Indonesia’s top Islamic clerical body has defended President Prabowo Subianto’s use of state funds to purchase sacrificial cattle for the Eid al-Adha."
- "The funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW
- "Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi has been sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without a hijab during a live-streamed YouTube concert in 2024."
- "The Lahore High Court [Pakistan] has ruled that a husband is legally bound not only to pay the dower (mehr) mentioned in the nikahnama but also to fulfil any additional commitments made through a separate agreement at the time of marriage."
- "The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) [Pakistan] has issued comprehensive guidelines to protect women’s inheritance rights, directing courts and revenue authorities to closely scrutinize any compromise, gift, settlement, mutation, or transaction that could affect a female heir’s lawful share."
- "The Kerala High Court [India] has held that passport authorities cannot insist on a court-issued divorce decree for deleting a spouse's name from a passport when the marriage has already been dissolved through a legally recognised form of extra-judicial divorce under Muslim personal law."
- "A Mombasa Kadhi's Court has dissolved a 33-year marriage between a Kenyan woman and a Comoros national after she refunded a KES 50,000 dowry."
- In Malaysia, "a mother of two broke down in tears as she begged for leniency from the Syariah High Court in Melaka for attempting to have sex with another woman's husband last year." 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.
- "The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed concern over multiple arrests and detentions of women in Herat for alleged non-compliance with Taliban dress codes."
- "The United Nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women." 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.”
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Events:
- 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
- Conference: Rupture or Continuity in Sharīʿa: (De)Colonizing Sharīʿa? International Conference, Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, Turkey, June 9–11, 2027
Opportunities:
- 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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