- Malaysian “[a]ctress Nur Fazura Shariffuddin and actor Abdul Fattah Mohd Amin have officially divorced, ending their seven-year marriage. Fattah, 34, sealed the divorce with talak satu (first pronouncement) against Fazura, 41, whose full name is Nur Fazura Sharifuddin, before Syarie Judge Abdul Malik Soleh at the Petaling Lower Syariah Court, Subang Bestari on Monday (October 7).”
- “The Kerala High Court [India] recently made a significant ruling, rejecting a petition to quash the case against a man who criticized a Muslim girl for shaking hands with a male minister. The man, who made provocative claims against her for violating Sharia law, found no relief in the court, which declared that personal religious beliefs cannot override the Constitution.”
- The Mufti of Penang (Malaysia), Associate Professor Datuk Mohd Sukki Othman, recently issued a fatwā stating that “[a] Muslim husband is entitled to prevent his wife from participating in team-building activities that include male participants to avoid issues related to slander, ikhtilat, and khalwat.”