ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Analysts say Mauritania’s use of trained and certified Islamic female spiritual guides are a critical component of the country’s peacekeeping approach. Known as mourchidates, these women are certified by the state and de…
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS
- "Analysts say Mauritania’s use of trained and certified Islamic female spiritual guides are a critical component of the country’s peacekeeping approach. Known as mourchidates, these women are certified by the state and deployed into prisons, schools, youth centers, hospitals and mosques, where they speak with young men and women about faith. Trained in Islamic law, Quranic understanding and the history of theological thinking, their mission is to deradicalize young people."
- Across Central Asia, "arguments that might once have remained within mosques or religious communities are now spreading through social media, forcing governments and official Islamic authorities alike to decide where religious expression ends and attacks on national culture begin."
CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW
- "An investigation into 231 femicide cases highlights the dire situation in Afghanistan, where men are empowered to murder and face no punishment while their crimes are covered up by the state." 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.”
- In Indonesia, "in a province with special status ruled by Sharia, women are no longer allowed to leave home after 11pm unaccompanied by husbands or male relatives. The authorities act out of concern for the rise of sexual violence in the last two years."
- "Days after a woman was publicly flogged in the southern Libyan city of Sabha, debate continues over her conviction for zina (adultery), a legal and religious offence under Libyan law referring to sexual relations between a man and a woman who are not legally married."
- In India, "the Supreme Court...sought the Union government’s response to a petition seeking to declare the practice of polygamy among Muslims unconstitutional and urging Parliament to abolish it for all citizens, irrespective of religion."
- In Pakistan, "the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled yesterday that the Women's Protection Act does not violate injunctions of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Its chair and members fully endorsed the proposed legislation to protect women. All claims and complaints by Islamic extremists, who continue to agitate across the country, are thus baseless."
- "Syria’s Supreme Fatwa Council issued a clarification on the Islamic ruling governing the sale or exchange of Syrian currency being withdrawn from circulation. In a statement issued on Thursday, July 30, the council said Islamic law does not permit currency to be sold or exchanged for more or less than its face value as long as it can still be exchanged through banks or the Central Bank of Syria."
- In Bangladesh, "the government is considering amending the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 to allow parents to retain the right to possess and enjoy property during their lifetime even after transferring ownership to their children....It raises important questions about Muslim personal law, succession, women’s property rights, and the future of property transactions."
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Events:
- Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026
- Conference: Ruling Bodies: Islamic Law, Embodiment, and the Anthropology of Normativity, The Institute for Islamic Theology, Paderborn University, November 6–7, 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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