- Malaysia‘s Minister of Religious Affairs, Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, recently stated that the teachings of the Ahmadi religion “go against . . . Islamic law.”
- Describing America‘s halal food market, one commentator noted that “[i]t’s challenging to find halal meat in the U.S. Halal meat certification isn’t standardized yet, with numerous organizations enforcing their own guidelines.”
- Uganda‘s President Museveni stated that money given to parishes under Parish Development Model funds “is free from interests or profits, urging Muslims to use it without fear of contravening Islamic teachings against [usury].”
- “While Iran’s .. . morality police have kept a low profile since the eruption of the ‘Woman Life, Freedom’ protests in September 2022, the Islamic Republic’s cyber police have stepped in online, imposing their brand of ‘morality”’on small businesses that rely on social media – many of them owned by women.”
- “Small groups of Afghan women have gathered in private spaces to demand that harsh restrictions on their freedoms be lifted, despite recent Taliban crackdowns on protests that have seen activists detained.” 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.”