- A number of fourteen Baha’i members were convicted to time in prison by an Iranian court because of “propaganda efforts against Islamic Sharia.”
- Indonesia recently hosted the 10th Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival, the largest business exhibition in the country.
- “Al-Azhar International Center for Electronic Fatwa (Islamic decisions) launched a special section for issuing fatwas in the Hebrew language[.]”
- “PAS’ Marang MP Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang [of Malaysia] has called on the government to take a firm stand against those who challenge Shariah law.”
- In a recent press release, a Taliban spokesperson stated that they had outlawed poppy cultivation because it is impermissible under Islamic law, commenting that the government’s decrees “are based on the demands of a healthy and Islamic society and raised the hopes of Afghans for a better future.” 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.”