- In Syria, the “new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution’s independence over monetary policy decisions. . . . Islamic banking complies with sharia, or Islamic law, and bans charging interest as well as investing in prohibited businesses such as trading in alcohol, pork, arms, pornography or gambling.”
- “A young Aussie has reignited a decade-old debate over whether Sharia law should be recognised in Australia and claimed those who want it should leave the country.”
- “Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders . . . to back efforts to make gender apartheid a crime under international law, and called on them to speak out against Afghanistan‘s Taliban over its treatment of women and girls.”
- “A senior Taliban leader has publicly criticized his government’s policy of prohibiting female education in Afghanistan, calling it a “personal choice” rather than an interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia.” 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.”
- “Some of the UK‘s biggest pension providers saw record flows into sharia-compliant funds last year following much better returns.”