ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS
- "Indonesia is tightening its grip on cosmetics compliance with new halal documentation requirements and enforcement against unregistered products."
- "Muslim theologian and Islamic studies scholar Rana Alsoufi has been appointed to the German Ethics Council."
- "To promote awareness about the complementarity of IHL [International Humanitarian Law] and Islamic law of war to a wider audience, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Philippines has collaborated with academic and religious institutions in recent years to translate key publications, originally written in Arabic, into several local languages."
- "Towfiqul Islam Khan, senior research fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), told The Business Standard that banks' strong appetite for sukuk was driven by the opportunity to earn a fixed return without taking investment risk."
- "The Securities Commission Malaysia has issued a new Guidance Note on Sukuk to strengthen the alignment of Islamic bond issuances with Maqasid al-Shariah, the higher objectives of Islamic law."
- "Uzbekistan has established an Islamic Finance Council under the Central Bank to coordinate the development, regulation, and supervision of Islamic finance as the country continues expanding Islamic financial services."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW
- "Under Kenya's Marriage Act (2014), cruelty, adultery and desertion are recognised grounds for divorce in all marriages except Islamic marriages, which are governed by Islamic law."
- "The Kilifi [Kenya] Magistrate's Court has cleared the way for the burial of a deceased man under Islamic rites after dismissing a suit that sought to stop the interment, finding that evidence presented in court established that he had voluntarily converted to Islam before his death."
- "Participation in lucky draw programmes is permissible in Islam only if they do not contain elements that contravene syariah, Terengganu [Malaysia] Mufti Prof Dr Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar said."
- In Malaysia, "Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reassured non-Muslims that ongoing efforts to strengthen the syariah judicial system, including discussions on Article 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution, are not intended to diminish their rights." 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 office of Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, declared...that dumping untreated sewage and solid, medical or chemical waste into rivers is forbidden under Islamic law, saying those who do so commit a sin because of the harm to public health."
- "Former Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Shari’a Court of Appeal [Nigeria], Hon. Justice Solihu Olohuntoyin Muhammad (rtd), has called on the Federal Government to amend the 1999 Constitution to expand the jurisdiction of Shari’a Courts of Appeal beyond Islamic personal law matters."
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:
- Award: Student Travel Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, September 1, 2026
- Call for Papers: Legal Research & Analysis, September 29, 2026
- Call for Papers: Trends in Intellectual Property Research, September 30, 2026
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