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This open letter/fatwā to ISIS was signed by many Muslim religious scholars from around the world and circulated widely. This is the English version.

A qanun on khalwat (close proximity) was introduced in Aceh in 2003 after the province was granted the right to apply the precepts of 'syariat' in its regional regulations in 1999 by the Indonesian government. This qanun prohibits unmarried couples from being in close proximity in private to one another. The qanun prescribes caning as punishment for offenders with a maximum of nine strokes, or payment of a monetary penalty as an alternative.

The new Islamic Penal Code of Iran was adopted in May 2013 and entered into force the same year in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. It consists of four books: General Provisions, Ḥudūd, Qiṣāṣ, and Diyāt.

The latest Constitution of Iran which entered into force in 1979 and contains 177 articles].

The Islamic Penal Code of Iran, originally supposed to be a provisional code, was in effect from 1991 till 2013 after being extended several times

The first draft articles on the Islamic Penal Code adopted in Parliament after receiving and debating the Judiciary’s draft.

The second set of draft articles on the new Islamic Penal Code adopted in Parliament, after modifying the first draft in response to the Guardian Council’s objections.

The first round of objections raised by the Guardian Council with regard to Parliament’s 2009 adoption of the first draft of the Islamic Penal Code.

The third set of Islamic Penal Code draft articles adopted in the Iran's Parliament. This draft code at some point became law after Guardian Council’s initial approval. But later the Council revoked its approval and the code lost its authority.

The fourth time Iran's Parliament modified the Islamic Penal Code following the Guardian Council’s objections.

The fifth time Iran's Parliament modified the Islamic Penal Code following the Guardian Council’s objections.

Guardian Council approves of the Iran's Parliament’s Islamic Penal Code of 01.02.2012.

The Guardian Council revokes its prior approval of the Islamic Penal Code adopted by Iran's Parliament and raises another set of objections.

Guardian Council raises objections as to Parliament’s Islamic Penal Code draft articles of 01.07.2013.

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act was passed by India's Parliament in 1986, allegedly to protect the economic rights of Muslim women upon divorce. The Act, however, has been controversial as it essentially overrode the Shah Bano judgment and limited the maintenance Muslim women could receive after divorce to the iddat period (a three month period).

The Constitution of India does not refer to Islamic law, and is largely secular. However, Art. 44 does refer to a uniform civil code. 

The Indian Supreme Court here held that polygamy was not an ‘integral’ part of the Muslim religion and could therefore be regulated by the state.

In Narasu Appa Mali in 1952, the Bombay High Court limited its own ability to address the constitutionality of Muslim personal law in India, holding that personal laws are not “laws in force” within the purview of Article 13 of the Constitution, and thus need not satisfy the fundamental rights test.

This ordinance gives effect to certain recommendations of the Commission on Marriage and Family Laws.