This paper seeks to complicate current histories of the Islamic revival through an analysis of supranational Islamic Fiqh academies, a neglected source for modern Islamic legal authority. In particular, this paper examines the histories and resolutions of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) and the Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFA). This paper argues that the declarations of the IIFA and IFA provide an alternative window into the rise of political Islam and the spread of virtual Islamic discourses. The IIFA is a subsidiary organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and was created in 1981 to coordinate Islamic legal scholars around the world to address issues facing the umma. The IIFA has hosted 21 meetings, with the most recent in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in November 2013, and has produced over 200 resolutions and statements on an expansive number of topics, ranging from Islamic banking to the threat of Islamophobia. The IFA is an institution of the Muslim World League (MWL) and was established in 1978 with a similar mandate. The IFA is based in Makkah, Saudi Arabia and has hosted over 18 meetings, with one of the most notable being the International Conference on Fatwa and Its Regulations in 2009. Similar to the IIFA, the IFA has considered a broad spectrum of topics, from genetic testing to the sanctity of fatwas on satellite television. This paper explores how the IIFA and IFA have attempted to assert their authority through the traditional religious position of the ulama to define the modern boundaries of the umma, especially to counter jihadists’ claims of Islamic authority. Furthermore, this paper traces how in recent years the discourses of the IIFA and IFA have become virtual through various social medias, such as Twitter and Youtube. Comparing these Islamic legal discourses offers a lens into current debates over lawmaking and prohibiting, especially around the discursive categories of the umma and the practice of takfir, which is the act of declaring someone an apostate. This paper demonstrates how both academies, in conjunction with the OIC and MWL, have increasingly created an international political Islamic sphere that transcends nation state boundaries, yet also paradoxically seeks to legitimize Islamic states. This paper explores this duality, arguing that studying the IIFA and IFA is vital for understanding the relationships between Islamic states, Islamic law and authority, and lived Muslim practices both within and outside of dar al-Islam in the twenty-first century.