- “Speaking at a gathering held in the Academy of Science of Afghanistan, head of the Darul Iftah (a decision-making entity within the Supreme Court), Azizullah Mutaheri, said that the implementation of Sharia Hudod has its certain conditions.” 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.”
- Muslim prisoners in New Jersey have recently voiced their grievances against the state’s prison system, specifically the difficulties Muslim inmates face regarding their desire to ensure that their burials are sharī’a compliant.
- Malaysia‘s Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, stated that his government would set up a task force that would “conduct research, including discussions with muftis and all relevant parties, to gather views in order to formulate regulations that can be implemented to enhance the jurisdiction of the Shariah court.”
- A bill that came before the parliament of Kyrgyzstan would “ban women from putting on the all-covering niqab and prohibit men from growing long beards to preserve ‘public security.'”
- A new law was proposed in Singapore that would ensure “Muslim couples will no longer require the signatures of a solemniser and witnesses to get married, as part of efforts to take Muslim marriages online under proposed changes to the law.”
- “Provincial committees representing Thailand’s 4 million Muslims” have been reported to be set to “soon elect a new leader to oversee the affairs of the Islamic community in this majority-Buddhist country.”