Islamic Law in the News

  • Qatar’s halal economy has been witnessing massive growth, with the country encouraging core sectors with high growth potential to develop products and services prescribed by Islamic law, a state agency said.”
  • “The General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars [of Saudi Arabia] rejected the call for the establishment of a new Islamic jurisprudence school, saying that such a body lacks objectivity and realism.”
  • “While countless Iranian women are appearing in public without hijab, the Islamic Republic [has been] installing cameras around cities to rein in the growing act of civil disobedience.”
  • Iran‘s parliament has adopted proposals to toughen penalties for perpetrators of violence against women which could be voted into law within months, state media has reported.”
  • “The Odisha Police [in India] on Saturday booked a man for allegedly handing out instant ‘triple talaq’ to his wife after she lost money to cyber fraud.”

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