ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In the wake of the current war, in a recent statement, the vice president of a Russian-owned bank argued that Russian interest in Islamic finance has risen. Top officials from Pakistan recently reiterated the country's commitment to interest-free banking by 2027. An Australian tourist who visited Aceh (Indonesia), recently “accused … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS The United Nations has planned a meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, including the Taliban's interpretation and application of Islamic law, at a meeting in Doha where the Taliban forces will not be represented. "The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously condemned a ban by the Taliban on Afghan women … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Qatar’s halal economy has been witnessing massive growth, with the country encouraging core sectors with high growth potential to develop products and services prescribed by Islamic law, a state agency said." "The General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars [of Saudi Arabia] rejected the call for the establishment of … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Liberalism Versus Liberalism: An Analysis of Muslim-American Amicus Curiae Arguments Concerning Complicity-Based Conscience Claims" (Journal of Law and Religion 38, no. 2 (2023) (forthcoming)), Kamran Bajwa (Chicago Law School) and Samuel E. Miller (University of Iowa - College of Law; University of Chicago), reviewing amicus curiae briefs filed in … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Persuading the Taliban to Guarantee Education for Afghan Girls and Women" (Jurist, March 30, 2023), L. Ali Khan (Washburn University School of Law) argues that "[t]he Taliban must know that under Islamic law, no government has any lawful right to govern a Muslim nation by proactively keeping Muslim women … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS Some observers have estimated that up to 80% of Islamic marriages in Ghana remain unregistered because "there are no forms available for Muslims to register their marriages under the Mohammedan or Islamic law." "The European Union representatives in a United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s session said that … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS " [T]he Foreign Ministers of Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States and … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Measuring Islamic Legal Philosophy and Islamic Law: a Study of differences, typologies, and objects of study" (El-Aqwal 2, no. 1 (2023)), Muhammad Fuad Zain and Ahmad Zayyadi (Universitas Islam Negeri Profesor Kiai Haji Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto) compare Islamic law and Islamic legal philosophy, with a focus on both fields' … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "The Sindh High Court (SHC) [in Pakistan] has issued repeated notices to the Sindh Child Protection Authority (SCPA) and parents of a teenage girl on a petition of Zaheer Ahmed who sought custody of his wife in case pertaining to allegations of underage marriage." "Finance Minister Ishaq Dar [of Pakistan] … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS 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 … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
