- The Taliban have arrested around 200 people suspected of engaging in witchcraft and sorcery, which the Taliban have stated “violate Islamic law by using amulets and spells that claim to cure impotency and diseases.”
- “Countries including, UAE, Australia, Japan, Spain, Chile, along with 75 other member states and observers have asked the Taliban to respect women’s and girls’ rights based on the Taliban values and international human rights.” The joint statement also stated that “the Taliban’s edicts against women and girls contradict Islamic values as well as, universal human rights.” 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.”
- The owner of a halal restaurant in Milwaukee recently stated to the press: “I try to educate our customers about halal meat—what makes it different, how the animal was raised and treated, the way it was killed[.]”
- “Participants at the first regional conference for sukuk held that Egyptian sovereign sukuk Law 138/2021 marked a breakthrough in the diversification of funding sources in the Egyptian economy. “