- “Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, suggested in a newly released audio tape that with the enforcement of Sharia law in Afghanistan, women could face stoning and beating.” 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 school year in Afghanistan started . . . but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education.” 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.”
- The Islamic Finance Guru ( IFG ) offers a podcast series aimed at bringing money matters to the forefront of the Muslim community.
- “Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) and the Türkiye Wealth Fund (TWF) recently signed an agreement for a $100 million Shariah-compliant Murabaha facility for three years.”
- Responding to a recent decision by the country’s Federal Court declaring certain state sharī’a laws unconstitutional, Minister of Religious Affairs Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar of Malaysia noted that “[a]ny proposals to amend the Federal Constitution to protect the State Legislature’s rights of enacting Shariah criminal enactments must not be done hastily.”
- “Hisbah, an outfit set up to implement the Sharia Islamic law in Kano State [Nigeria], recently caused a stir in the social media when its Director General, Abba Saidu, warned non-Muslims to refrain from eating in the public during the month of Ramadan when Muslims all over the world engage in fasting.”