- In India, “[d]uring the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the [Waqf] act, the government assured the top court that all waqf properties, including ‘waqf-by-user’, already registered or notified won’t lose their status or character in revenue records till the matter is decided.” The “waqf-by-user” doctrine provides that “properties used continuously for pious purposes—even without a deed—could acquire sanctity in the eyes of the law.” The Indian Supreme Court Observer, “[b]ased on a review of some of the[] petitions in the waqf case, “put together a list of 10 major grounds on which the Act’s constitutional validity is being challenged.”
- “A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a British man to 800 lashes after convicting him of trading in alcohol, which is illegal in the Muslim kingdom[.]”
- “In a significant ruling, the Lahore High Court has affirmed that women who seek Khula (divorce initiated by the wife) due to their husband’s misconduct are entitled to retain their full deferred dower, despite the dissolution of the marriage.”
- “The Philippine president has signed into law the Philippine Islamic Burial Act, recognizing the right of Filipino Muslims to bury their dead in accordance with their faith.”