Islamic Law in the News

  • “Following their reconsolidation of power in 2021, and despite public statements declaring their intent to uphold women’s rights in the country, the Taliban has employed the legal and normative subjugation of women by incrementally degrading their right to vote, pursue education, and work freely.” 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.”
  • “More than 1,300 people died making the Islamic pilgrimage of hajj in Saudi Arabia . . . the vast majority of whom the Saudi government said did not have permits.”
  • Ahmad Yahaya [an MP in Malaysia] said Islam and the Federal Constitution uphold a person’s right to freedom of religion, but the freedom is not absolute, as per Article 11(4) which prohibits proselytising Muslims in Malaysia.”

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