- “Muslim mourners typically recite the Janazah, an Islamic funeral prayer, at a mosque. But the three men being buried [last week] died as heroes, so the walls of the Islamic Center of San Diego [California] could not hold the vast number of people who wanted to pay tribute to them.”
- “Pakistan has restarted the export of alcoholic beverages after a gap of nearly 50 years. The country’s only domestic manufacturer, Murree Brewery, dispatched consignments of beer and other alcoholic drinks to countries such as the United Kingdom, Japan, Portugal and Thailand in April 2026.”
- “The Deputy Head of Humanitarian Affairs at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) highlighted the education of girls as a crucial element for Afghanistan’s development in a recent media dialogue, expressing the organization’s readiness to seek solutions aligned with both societal values and governmental expectations.” 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.”
- A recent op-ed argues that “Islam offers a deeply rooted framework to address modern environmental issues. Its teachings emphasize the sanctity of nature and the shared responsibility of all living beings toward its preservation….Islamic law promotes the establishment of Hima, protected zones where development, excessive grazing, and deforestation are prohibited.”
- The “International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-organized a high-level event titled “Synergy in Action: IHL and Islamic Law for Humanitarian Outcomes” with the University for Peace and with the support of the League of the Arab States, Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.”