- “A Federal Court [in Malaysia] judge has rejected the notion that shariah courts are ‘inferior’ to civil courts. In a supporting judgment issued in a case which saw the apex court dismiss a woman’s challenge to her religious status as a Muslim earlier this month, Justice Abu Bakar Jais said: ‘I am aware there are expressed views that say shariah courts are inferior courts, thus making it possible at least by deduction to review its decisions. I respectfully depart from those opinions.'”
- “A Sharia Court in Ningi headquarters of Ningi LGA in Bauchi state [Nigeria] has sentenced a middle-aged man to death by stoning for the offence of homosexuality, having been found guilty of the offence as charged. The Sharia Court presided over by Abdullahi Aliyu Doya delivered the judgement and pronounced the death sentence during the court session on Friday, 10th May 2024 in Ningi.” 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.”