- Legal experts have commented on the new Civil Transactions Law of Saudi Arabia: “The Civil Transactions Law in Saudi Arabia codifies principles of Sharia and has implications for businesses that enter into commercial contracts in the country, including contractors engaged on construction projects.”
- Haroun Rahimi, commenting on Islamic criminal law as applied in Afghanistan under the Taliban, recently stated: “Today, Taliban-appointed judges advised by Taliban-appointed muftis, or experts in Islamic law, are empowered to issue up to 39 lashes as the sentence for various acts that the judges and muftis consider punishable.” 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.” For more content and context on harsh interpretations and applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb’s “Resource Roundup: Islamic Criminal Law.” For more news blurbs relating to harsh applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our “Islamic Criminal Law in the News Roundup.”
- The Oakland Food Pantry operated by Community Human Services has recently told reporters that “[s]ourcing halal meat […] is expensive and hard to find in the charitable food system. “
- According to Allied Market Research‘s recent report “the global halal food industry generated $2,329 billion in 2022, and is anticipated to generate $7,450.9 billion by 2032, witnessing a CAGR of 12.41% from 2023 to 2032.”