ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Texas Governor Greg Abbott has instructed the developers behind EPIC City, a proposed new Islamic-themed town near Josephine that includes parts of Collin and Hunt Counties, … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa . . . reinstated the post of Grand Mufti and established a new Supreme Fatwa Council, according to a decree released … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Syria's rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has dismissed the online controversy over videos showing him gesturing to a young woman to cover her hair before he … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Taliban’s continued imposition of strict interpretations of Islamic law and Afghan culture has resulted in unprecedented restrictions on women and girls, the UN envoy … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Veiling Laws Throughout Iranian History: The Relationship to Religion, Before and During Islamic Law" (SSRN, September 20, 2024), Nicolas Garon (Southern University Law Center) questions … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Our Editor-in-Chief Professor Intisar Rabb's (Harvard Law School) article, "Against Kadijustiz: On the Negative Citation of Foreign Law" (Suffolk University Law Review 48 (2015)) has … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "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 … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "[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 … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "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 … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS A Nigerian woman has been jailed for blasphemy for 18 months over WhatsApp message that criticized a mob action against another person accused of having … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
