- ” [L]ow-income Somali Muslims in Minnesota have been targeted by shady home sellers edging their way into the community — by exploiting a principle of Islam meant to protect the poor.” “The seller claims there’s no interest payment because no banks are involved. But no banks also mean no appraisals, allowing the seller to inflate prices with no questions asked on the condition of the home.”
- “Afghanistan’s Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality . . . ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music, the Justice Ministry said.” 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.”
- “Deep inequality between men and women is a longstanding norm in the north of Niger’s Tillabery region, but the local Islamic State affiliate’s actions are worsening the divide. The militant group enforces strict gender rules, hampering women’s livelihoods and restricting their participation in civic life.”