- “The Federal Court [in Malaysia] . . . granted leave to a 32-year-old Orang Asli woman to appeal against her registration as a Muslim, following her conversion to Islam at the age of two. A three-member panel led by Federal Court judge Tan Sri Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan unanimously held that leave should be granted, as the matter raises several novel questions of public importance that merit further consideration.”
- In India, “The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which has now received President’s assent, drastically revamps the legal structure of Muslim religious endowments in India, indicating a decisive move by the state into the domain of minority religious affairs.” “The Waqf Board, which has been in the news in recent days, is the third-largest landowner in India and owns approximately 872,000 registered immovable properties.” “India’s political opposition . . . protested a controversial bill moved by prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments.” “Joining the list of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, the Indian Union Muslim League, a political party, has filed an Article 32 writ petition challenging the Act on grounds of violating Article 14, 15, 25 and 26 of the Constitution.” “Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday (April 7, 2025) said the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 will be listed for hearing in due course.” Sources reported that “[a] three-judge bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan is hearing the matter.”
- The International Union of Muslim Scholars Fatwa Committee “emphasized the urgency of establishing an Islamic military alliance to protect the ummah and repel aggression.”
- “The legal age of marriage was the primary focus of debate during the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs’ final public hearing on the Marriage Bill, held in Witbank, Mpumalanga [South Africa]. The committee spokesperson, Mosa Chabane, said while the Bill generally received a mixed response, the proposed legal marriage age of 18 years old sparked the most concern.” “Egypt‘s official religious authority, Dar al Ifta, has harshly rejected a fatwa issued by the World Union of Muslim Ulema calling on Islamic countries and individual believers to wage armed jihad against Israel.”