- “Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal change also deprives women of rights to divorce, child custody and inheritance. Iraq’s parliament, which is dominated by a coalition of conservative Shia Muslim parties, is preparing to vote through an amendment that would overturn the country’s ‘personal status law.'”
- “Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government’s morality ministry told AFP on Saturday, denying recent media reports of a ban.” 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.”
- “The Taliban’s vice and virtue minister, Khalid Hanafi, emphasized in his trip to western Afghanistan reiterated the forcement of the Taliban’s controversial morality law. Hanafi, addressing gatherings in Farah and Herat provinces, urged residents to disregard ‘enemy propaganda and the media’ and instead support the Taliban’s interpretation of Islamic law.” 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.”
- “Taliban authorities on Wednesday carried out the public execution of a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan marking the sixth such execution since regaining power after the departure of US and Nato forces in 2021.” 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.”