Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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“Five years ago, while [a Canadian] couple were living in Pakistan, a court granted [them] adoption rights under a Sharia law known as kafala. This practice recognizes adoptive parents in most of the world’s 49 Muslim-majority countries through guardianship, which is a largely symbolic Islamic principle that maintains the tie between adopted children and their… CONTINUE READING

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Knox Thames, an international human rights lawyer, “said some state governments [in Nigeria] have disregarded the constitutional provision that prohibits the establishment of a state religion or the granting of preferential treatment to any religious or ethnic group at the state or local level.” “A reversal in globalisation and challenges faced by Western financial system… CONTINUE READING

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“A major challenge of Canada‘s ban on adoptions from several Muslim countries is set to play out in the Federal Court — a move some legal observers say wouldn’t be necessary if the government wasn’t upholding what they call a “discriminatory” policy. . . . In 2013, Canada suddenly put a stop to adoptions from… CONTINUE READING

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Legal experts have commented on the new Civil Transactions Law of Saudi Arabia: “The Civil Transactions Law in Saudi Arabia codifies principles of Sharia and has implications for businesses that enter into commercial contracts in the country, including contractors engaged on construction projects.” Haroun Rahimi, commenting on Islamic criminal law as applied in Afghanistan under… CONTINUE READING

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“The United Nations said Thursday it was deeply concerned about recent arrests and detentions of women and girls by Afghanistan‘s Taliban authorities for alleged non-compliance with Islamic dress code.” 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.” Oman… CONTINUE READING

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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“The committee studying the conflicts between shariah laws and the Federal Constitution [of Malaysia] should include non-Muslim constitutional experts, Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham said.” “Libya‘s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani, has expressed concern over blocking roads, considering such acts as highway robbery [under Islamic law].” “Saudi Arabia executed 170 people in 2023, including four… CONTINUE READING

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“[T]he U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva reportedly confirmed that ‘anecdotal evidence’ about [Afghan] girls being permitted to attend Islamic schools was mounting, [along with] worried about whether the girls would be able to study modern subjects in the madrassas and that a generation of Afghan girls were falling behind.” In response, “[a] Taliban official sa[id… CONTINUE READING

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“The United States and human rights defenders […] renewed a call for Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to allow female students to return to universities and ensure that women have access to education at all levels.” For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb’s “Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the… CONTINUE READING

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Italy‘s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni recently stated that there is an incompatibility between “Islamic culture or a certain interpretation of Islamic culture and the rights and values of our civilization,” emphasizing that she would “not allow Sharia law to be implemented in Italy.” “Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance presented its 3D… CONTINUE READING

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“Denmark’s parliament adopt[ed] a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts.” “Due to the Taliban’s intense interpretation of Islamic law that led to bans on women in universities, some Afghan women have turned to online learning.” For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor… CONTINUE READING