- The Madras High Court [India] ruled that a Muslim man’s second marriage without consent from his first wife constituted cruelty, demonstrating the intersection of Islamic personal law and civil legal principles on marital obligations. The Court “said that the wife cannot stop the husband from entering into a second marriage, but she has the right to seek maintenance and refuse to be a part of the matrimonial household.”
- Islamic scholars issued a fatwā condemning the October 7 attacks, citing principles of sharī’a that prohibit the killing of non-combatants and questioning Hamas‘s alignment with Islamic ethical obligations.
- Pakistan‘s Council of Islamic Ideology reiterated its stance that using VPNs is against sharī’a, equating it to bypassing lawful restrictions and promoting unethical behavior.