- In “On the Unconstitutionality of Iran’s Current Constitution” (Lawfare, March 20, 2023), Ms. Constitution (pseudonym), describing Khomeini’s 1979 revolution as a “stolen revolution,” argues that “[i]t is time for social movements in Iran and Iranian elites to take a page from Khomeini’s book.”
- In “Embracing Love without Boundaries: Knots Tied in Sharia,” (The Voice, March 24, 2023), Juliana Twumwaa Obeng (BL candidate at Gambia Law School) observes that “[i]n general, interfaith marriages between Muslims and Christians are relatively common in The Gambia, and they are usually accepted as long as both partners respect each other’s faith and culture.”
- In “Protecting the innocent, the land, and the body: traditional sources of restraint on landmine use,” (Humanitarian Law & Policy, March 23, 2023), Henrique Garbino (Swedish Defence University) and Matthew Breay Bolton (Pace University) explore how traditional norms protect the land, stating, among others, that “The Taliban stated in 1998 that the use of landmines was ‘an un-Islamic and anti-human act’, which ‘would be punished in accordance with Islamic Law’ due to its indiscriminate effects on ‘thousands of innocent Afghans, including women and children.'”
- The IMF recently published a study by Inutu Lukonga titled “Monetary Policy Implications Central Bank Digital Currencies: Perspectives on Jurisdictions with Conventional and Islamic Banking Systems” (IMF, March 17, 2023).
- In “Freedom of Religion for Non-Muslims in Islam: A Pakistani Affair” (Law and Humanities Quarterly Reviews 5, no. 2 (2023)), Tasmiah Zaman (The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK) focuses “on the persecution of the Hindu minorities by way of forced conversions, refusal of the right of practicing their own religion and the recent halt of the construction of a temple in Islamabad,” all of which the author argues is contrary to Islamic law.
- In “Responsibilities of Marketplace Providers in Providing Non-Halal Information as Consumer Protection” (Law and Humanities Quarterly Reviews 2, no. 1 (2023)), Megawati Barthos (Borobudur University) explains efforts in Indonesia to label food as permissible under Islamic dietary law.