Cases and Fatwās Roundup

  • “An Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja [Nigeria], Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dissolved a four-year-old marriage between Beshiru Mutairu and his wife, Amina, for lack of love. . . . [T]he judge, Mohammed Wakili, dissolved their marriage according to Islamic law, following Beshiru’s prayer for divorce on the said ground.”
  • Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar of Pakistan has stated that “no individual can be permitted to issue fatwa against others.”

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