- “An Iranian prisoner has had four of his fingers amputated after being accused of stealing five sheep from a farm owned by a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a charge the man denies.” 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.”
- Iran has had an upsurge in online gambling cases, which the country’s penal code, according to its interpretation of Islamic law, prohibits and punishes.
- Responding to the Federal Court of Malaysia‘s ruling stating that the state of Kelantan could not enact certain laws including those on criminal law, which many considered to be an expansion of state power vis-a-vis the federal government, the Syariah Judiciary Department stated that “[t]he recent landmark judgment on Kelantan syariah criminal law will strengthen Islamic law in Malaysia.”
- The state of Uttarakhand [India] adopted the Uniform Civil Code outlawing polygamy.
- “Money Maestro, a leading financial institution . . . announce[d] its groundbreaking Shariah-compliant financing products, specifically designed to meet the ethical and religious requirements of its customers.”