Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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Sep 4

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS

"Shariah-compliant crypto exchange Haqqex announce[d] a strategic partnership with HAQQ, an ethics-first EVM-compatible L1 blockchain." For more content and context on Islamic debates over the permissibility of using cryptocurrencies, consult the contributions by Raha Rafii here and here.
"The Law Commission [of India] has asked the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to unambiguously state its position on nikah halala and muta." "The Commission has also sought clarification on Islamic law regarding the minimum age for marriage."
"Bangladesh is poised for growth in its halal food industry, the country's apex trade body [announced], as it joined the International Islamic Food Processing Association."
""It is very bad to see women (without the hijab) in some areas (big cities), and our scholars also agree that women's faces should be hidden." Molvi Mohammad Sadiq Akif, the spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Vice and Virtue recently stated. 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."

CASES AND FATWĀS

"Chief Justice-Designate Of Pakistan's Supreme Court Qazi Faez Isa [recently stated]: 'If anyone attacks a church, Muslims are obligated to launch a jihad against attackers.'"
In response to the question of whether a non-Muslim can join Muslim prayers, a scholar writing for AboutIslam.net stated: "A non-Muslim can join Muslims in prayer without any reservation as a means to get to know how prayer is properly done."

UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

PIL & Harvard Calendar:

Student work opportunity: Research assistant, Widener Library, Harvard University.

Global Calendar:

Call for Papers: Legislation & Law of the Political Process, AALS, September 5, 2023.
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Religions: "A Critique of the Modern Discourse of Maqāṣid," September 15, 2023.
Call for Papers: Islamic Law & Constitutionalism, AALS Annual Meeting, September 15, 2023.
Conference: Celebrating the scholarship and teaching of Prof. Christopher Melchert, Pembroke College, Oxford, September 25, 2023.
Position opening: 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in History, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2024, September 29, 2023.
Call for Abstracts: Thematic Dossier on the Indian Ocean, September 30, 2023.
Position opening: Tenure-track assistant professor in 19th century Middle East history, Yale University, October 1, 2023.
Position opening: Assistant Professor in Southeast Asian history, Brown University, October 2, 2023.
Position opening: Associate or Full Indigenous and/or Black Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, October 10, 2023.
Call for Papers: Symposium on Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition, ISAR Research Center, Istanbul, October 15, 2023.
Fall 2023 Works-in-Progress Workshop: Comparative Constitutional Law in the Global South, Columbia Law School, October 20-21, 2023.
Fellowship: The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), 2024-25, November 1, 2023.
Conference: MESA's 57th Annual Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada, November 2-5, 2023.
Position opening: Adjunct Lecturer in Modern Middle East, 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.
Position opening: Postdoctoral opportunity in History of Islam/Arabic Studies, Leiden University, February 1, 2024.
Symposium on Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition, Istanbul, June 28-29, 2024.
Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies, until an appointment is made.
MEM Fellowship for Graduate Students of Color.
Scholarship: Islamic Scholarship Fund CAMBA Law Scholarship 2023.
Internship opportunity: The Executive Office of the President, White House, various deadlines.
Position opening: Academic mentor and field researcher in Iraq, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich, rolling basis.
Position opening: Academic mentor for researcher in Mogadishu, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich.
Position opening: Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Tennessee, Fall 2022. Deadline: until an appointment is made.
Position opening: Postdoc at the Center for Social Concerns and the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion at the University of Notre Dame, July – September 2023. 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.