Cases and Fatwās Roundup

  • Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has raised significant concerns regarding the newly passed ‘hijab and chastity’ law, which would impose stricter penalties on women who defy the country’s mandatory hijab regulations.”
  • Various observers have remarked that “[p]roposed amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law risk legalising child marriage and enabling clergy rule over all civil matters in Iraq.”
  • “Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has reassured Sarawakians that the proposed Mufti Bill (Federal Territories) 2024 [Malaysia] will not be applicable in the state. The state Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister clarified that the law, if passed in Parliament, would only affect the Federal Territories.”

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