- “Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the Taliban’s chief spokesman said.” 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.”
- Abdellah Essalki, an Imam originally from Morocco, has been a chaplain for Tyson Foods for year, “among roughly 100 chaplains, a group that includes Protestants, Catholics, Muslims and at least one member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
- The Indonesian Ulema Council (mui), the top body of religious scholars, among other Indonesian Muslim jurists, have issued many fatwās on the Islamic duty to protect and preserve the environment.
- A muslim couple in Canada received in-utero treatment for their unborn fetus that had a rare heart disease, which many Muslim jurists deem permissible from an Islamic law perspective, along with other forms of assisted reproduction.
- “The debate over abortion rights has flared in Morocco after a teenager’s death following an unsafe termination, but social taboos continue to stall reforms.” For more content and context on debates around the right to abortion and how Islamic has featured in these debates, consult our Resource Roundup: Abortion and Islamic Law.
- “Pakistan will implement the decision of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) to rid the country of an interest-based banking system, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Wednesday, but many are questioning whether it will be possible to do it at all.”
- In the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini while under custody of Iran‘s morality police, many Iranians have stated their belief that the morality police is a part of the state’s way of ensuring control.