Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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“Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that overturning restrictions against women is not a priority for the group.” The United Nations said that Taliban is divided on the issue. “Nine men were lashed in public in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday [January 17, 2023] as punishment for different crimes under the country’s new rulers,… CONTINUE READING

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While attention has been paid to Iran‘s morality police due to the recent protests there, scholars have also written about how the institution of the morality police manifests itself in jurisdictions other than Iran. “In a two-one majority ruling today, the Court of Appeal [of Malaysia] reversed a High Court’s previous declaration that a 37-year-old… CONTINUE READING

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“Describing the ban on Afghan women working for foreign organisations as ‘perplexing,’ the [Organization of Islamic Cooperation] called on [the Taliban government] ‘to revisit this decision for the sake of social inclusion of women and the undisrupted continuation of the much-needed international humanitarian safety net in Afghanistan.'” For more content and context on the recent… CONTINUE READING

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“Women in Afghanistan carried out a protest against the Taliban-led regime after they banned women from working for Non-Government Organisations (NGOs).” “Even before the Taliban barred Afghan women from working at non-governmental groups, their forces visited the office of one local organization in the capital Kabul several times to check female staff were obeying rules… CONTINUE READING

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“The Islamic Republic [of Iran] has hanged a second protester in less than a week in public on Monday after charging him with killing two members of security forces.” As Iran has been executing protesters, some Islamic law scholars in the country have voiced their opposition to the regime’s application of criminal law from an… CONTINUE READING

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The Taliban regime has been implementing its own interpretation of Islamic criminal law, which includes public executions and stonings, some of which take place before the public. “The Taliban authorities on Wednesday executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, the first public execution since the ultra-conservative former insurgents took over Afghanistan last year, a… CONTINUE READING

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“Malaysia‘s new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, will be contending in parliament with a strengthened Islamist party that espouses a stricter interpretation of […] Islamic law, a challenge to Anwar’s vision of an inclusive society.” “Three women and 11 men were flogged [recently] on the orders of an Afghan court after they were found guilty of theft… CONTINUE READING

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“A Saudi national has been sentenced to death for smuggling banned amphetamine tablets near the country’s northern border with Jordan, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday citing the Ministry of Interior.” “Nineteen people in northeastern Afghanistan were lashed for adultery, theft and running away from home, a Supreme Court official said Sunday.” “The lashings… CONTINUE READING

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“Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the Taliban’s chief spokesman said.” 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… CONTINUE READING