Cases and Fatwās Roundup: a list of court cases, decrees and other opinions relating to Islamic law issued by legal authorities, Islamic institutions, and jurists.
“Top clergy [in Indonesia] have issued fatwas, or edicts, on how to rein in climate change. Neighborhood activists are beseeching friends, family and neighbors that environmentalism is embedded in the Quran.” “For those planning to perform Haj[j] this upcoming season, a fatwa has been issued that bans performing the holy pilgrimage without an official permit.… CONTINUE READING
“[A] Kerala-based woman [in India], who said she, though born a Muslim, is now a non-believer, and should be governed by the secular statutes rather than the Sharia law,” petitioned the Supreme Court of India. “The Lahore High Court (LHC) [in Pakistan] has ruled that a man cannot marry the sister of his former wife… CONTINUE READING
“In a rare verdict that highlights the complexity of Pakistani law, a sessions court in Malir recently sentenced one Fareed Qadir to 80 lashes for the grave offence of qazf [i.e., false accusation of adultery].” “Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh, has highlighted the adaptability of Islamic law in addressing contemporary issues and stressed… CONTINUE READING
“Rohit De’s article, Mumtaz Bibi’s Broken Heart: The Many Lives of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939” 46:1 Indian Economic and Social History Review ( 2009) pp.105-130, was cited by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Ibrahim Khan v. Saima Khan, a case about the rights of Muslim women to seek a judicial dissolution of marriage. Justice Ayesha Malik, the first… CONTINUE READING
“The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques [in Saudi Arabia] has allocated smart guidance robots for fatwa issuance at the Grand Mosque in Makkah.” “Is an on-screen nikkah [marriage] valid off-screen? . . . The heated debate comes after a recent statement made by a religious scholar on a television show… CONTINUE READING
“The Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh [India] . . . declared the Madrasa Act of 2004 to be unconstitutional, according to a court order seen by CNN, while ordering the state government to move students enrolled in the Islamic system into mainstream schools. ‘We hold that the Madarsa (sic) Act, 2004, is violative of… CONTINUE READING
The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council declared certain forms of female genital mutilation to be contrary to Islamic law, commenting: ” [T]he removal of the genital organ, or what is known as Pharaonic circumcision [–] Muslim jurists have agreed that this type is illegal because of the harm it inflicts on women.”
“Pakistan’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that the judicial proceedings leading to the death sentence and execution of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1979 violated principles of due process and the right to a fair trial.”
“The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) [urged] Parliament to enact a law for the establishment of a Kadhis Court of Appeal to deal with issues relating to inheritance and other property cases among Muslims through the guidance of the Quran.” “The Allahabad High Court [in India] dismissed a plea by a married… CONTINUE READING
