Islamic Law in the News Roundup

islamiclawblog

Sep 26

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS

Research and Markets has published its South East Asia Halal Skincare Market report, which notes that "[t]he demand for halal skincare and cosmetics products among consumers is surging, but the development of halal cosmetics and the assessment of their product performance are still in their infancy[.]"
A conservative political block in Jordan, including some prominent Muslim clerics in the country, have voiced their opposition against a Children's Rights Bill, which some clerics have described to be in contravention of Islamic law because, among other things, it defines a child not according to puberty but rather based on whether a person has reached the age of 18.
According to a recent survey conducted by Wunderman Thompson Intelligence and VMLY&R Malaysia, "[o]ne in three Muslims in Southeast Asia consider themselves more religious than their parents were at their age, with their faith informing decisions around personal spending, fashion, banking, travel and education."
According to the 14th Annual ASDA'A BCW Arab Youth Survey, nearly two-thirds of all Arabs have stated that "their legal structures should be based on Sharia Law."
"Australian-based crypto platform MRHB.Network [stated] there has been a strong take-up of [h]alal-approved cryptocurrency products on its platform, with aims to release a suite of new products which align with Islamic law by the end of 2022." For more content and context on Islamic debates over the permissibility of using cryptocurrencies, consult the contributions by our Research Editor Raha Rafii here and here.
"A Sudanese court recently dismissed apostasy charges against four Christians who had been threatened with the death penalty unless they recanted their faith, according to sources."
"The death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of Iran's morality police in Tehran has ignited nationwide anger," prompting renewed interest in the place and utility of the morality place in the Iranian law enforcement system.
"A housewife in Kwara State [Nigeria], Awawu Haruna, and two others, have been remanded for allegedly marrying another man while in a subsisting relationship."

ON COVID-19 AND ISLAMIC LAW

Islamic organizations have continued to promote COVID-19 vaccinations in Indonesia, at times also aiding the government in vaccine administration.

UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

PIL & Harvard Calendar:

Student work opportunity: Research assistant, Widener Library, Harvard University.
Call for Papers: The 22nd Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, Harvard University, November 28, 2022.

Global Calendar:

Position opening: Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, September 30, 2022.
Online panel: "Ukraine from Ottoman Times to Today," MESA Global Academy, September 30, 2022.
Call for Papers: The 233rd Meeting of the American Oriental Society 2023, October 15, 2022.
Conference: Materiality, Rituals and the Senses in Shi'i Islam, Georgia, October 19-21, 2022.
Call for Papers: The Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law's Forthcoming Volume 22 (2022), October 21, 2022.
Conference: American Society for Legal History 2022, November 10-12, 2022.
2022 ASLH Conference: The Johnson Program for First Book Authors (American Bar Foundation), November 10, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
2022 ASLH Conference: Shifting Criminal Legal Landscapes in 19th-Century Habsburg and Ottoman Borderlands (Missouri), November 11, 2022 @ 1:15 pm – 2:40 pm.
2022 ASLH Conference: Many Peoples, Many Laws: Legal Pluralism Across the Medieval World (Ontario), November 12, 2022 @ 2:05 pm – 3:35 pm.
2022 ASLH Conference: Islamic Law and Agriculture in Global History, 1850-1950 (Superior A), November 12, 2022 @ 10:15 am – 11:45 am.
Call for Papers: Regulative Verses of the Qur'ān (āyāt al-aḥkām), Al Mahdi Institute, November 25, 2022.
Position opening: Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Tennessee, Fall 2022. Deadline: until an appointment is made.
Position opening: Columbia University, The Department of Art History and Archaeology Barbara Stoler Miller Assistant Professor, Indian and South Asian Art History. Deadline: until an appointment is made.
Position opening: Associate Director, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and Muslim Chaplain, Macalester College (priority given to applications by August 1, 2022).
Position opening: Adjunct lecturer, Babson College.
Call for Applications: Interdisciplinary Scholars of Places, Movement and Cultural Practices Professor, New York University Abu Dhabi. Deadline: until the position is filled.
Research Project: Historian/Researcher – Tudor Period/Elizabethan Era, and the Ottoman Empire during the Suleiman the Magnificent Period. Deadline: until the position is filled.
Call for Submissions: The UCLA School of Law's Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law (JINEL).
Call for Manuscripts: Advances in the Study of Islam, Edinburgh University Press.
Request for Open Submissions: AALS 2023 Annual Meeting, January 4-7, 2023. Submission deadlines vary.
MEM Fellowship for Graduate Students of Color.
Scholarship: Islamic Scholarship Fund CAMBA Law Scholarship 2023.