- The Taliban regime has been implementing its own interpretation of Islamic criminal law, which includes public executions and stonings, some of which take place before the public.
- “The Taliban authorities on Wednesday executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, the first public execution since the ultra-conservative former insurgents took over Afghanistan last year, a spokesman said.”
- “The Afghan Taliban flogged 27 people, including women, in front of a large crowd on Thursday, a day after publicly executing a convicted murderer for the first time since they returned to power last year.” 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.”
- “Iran announced on Thursday that it had executed a man arrested during the nationwide protests that have shaken the country for several months.”
- One of Iran‘s top Sunnī clerics said that hanging protesters is un-Islamic.
- According to CNN, a top official of the Iranian government stated that the country’s mandatory ḥijāb law was being reviewed.
- The “halal sector,” which is short for businesses that provide services and products whose consumption is permissible under Islamic law, has now been valued over $2 trillion.
- “Sultan bin Ibrahim Al Hashemi, a professor of sharia, or Islamic, law at Qatar University who heads the Voice of Islam radio station, said the World Cup should be used to find new converts as well as counter Islamophobia.”