- In India, the “Kerala High Court . . . questioned how the Kerala government could intervene in the ongoing land dispute in Munambam, when it appeared to be a private dispute between the waqf board and long-time occupants.”
- “Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights. . . .Earlier versions of the [bill] were seen as potentially opening the door to child marriage since some interpretations of Islamic law allow the marriage of girls in their early teens — or as young as 9. The final version passed by the parliament states that both parties must be ‘adults,’ without specifying the age of adulthood.”
- “Top commanders of Iran‘s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have urged Ayatollah Khamenei to withdraw his fatwa which bars Tehran from using its nuclear capabilities to develop . . . nuclear weapons.”
- “The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha [the lower house of India‘s bicameral legislature] on August 8, 2024, has proposed 572 amendments to the draft Bill, which anticipates renaming the Waqf Act of 1995 by dropping the name “Waqf.” This will be done after the passage of The Mussalman Waqf (Repeal) Bill, 2024.”