18 people injured in shootout inside mosque in southwestern Pak
November 17th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Nov 17 (ANI): Eighteen people were wounded in a shootout inside a mosque in southwestern Pakistan's Khuzdar district, according to police.The clash took place following a dispute over which of the ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi director highlights exploitation of humankind in ‘Ganga Jatra’
November 17th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Bangladeshi filmmaker Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond's "Ganga Jatra", which was screened at the 16th Kolkata Film Festival, shows that mankind is the ultimate victim when religion is vocal. The ... Read more...
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Pakistani Christian woman to appeal against death sentence for ‘blasphemy’
November 13th, 2010 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 13 (ANI): Relatives of a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy have said that they will appeal against her conviction.Asia Bibi is believed to be the first woman ... Read more...
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Pak clerics’ refusal to issue ‘fatwas’ against terror raise sinister conspiracy theories
October 27th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 27 (ANI): With fatwas (legal pronouncements in Islam) playing an important role in Muslim countries, it is questionable why most prominent clerics and muftis in Pakistan refuse to issue them ... Read more...
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‘Sufi shrines targeted to trigger sectarian conflicts in Pakistan’ (Lead)
October 26th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) Pakistan's Urdu media Monday slammed the attack on the shrine of revered Sufi saint Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakkar, terming it the "latest episode in terrorists' nefarious plan ... Read more...
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‘Sufi shrines being targeted to cause sectarian conflicts’
October 26th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) Pakistani Urdu media Monday slammed the attack on the shrine of revered Sufi saint Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakkar, terming it the "latest episode in terrorists' nefarious plan ... Read more...
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Muslim panel to appeal against Ayodhya verdict (Second Lead)
October 16th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 16 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Saturday said it had decided to appeal in the Supreme Court against the Ayodhya verdict given by a three-judge bench of ... Read more...
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Muslim panel to appeal against Ayodhya verdict (Lead)
October 16th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 16 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Saturday resolved to appeal in the Supreme Court against the Sep 30 Ayodhya verdict given by a three-judge bench of the ... Read more...
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Muslim panel discusses Ayodhya verdict
October 16th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 16 (IANS) Should the Ayodhya dispute be taken to the Supreme Court or not? The All India Muslim Personal Law Board met here Saturday to discuss the issue.The closed-door gathering ... Read more...
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Kashmir an integral part of India, say Deoband clerics
October 11th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Deoband, Oct 11 (ANI): Upholding India's stand on Jammu and Kashmir, several Ulemas and intellectuals in Deoband have declared the State as an integral part of the country and urged the government ... Read more...
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Paedophile scandal like banking collapse: Catholic leader
October 6th, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 6(IANS) A Roman Catholic leader in Britain has compared the paedophile scandal involving priests with the banking collapse that led to recession worldwide.Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols linked the behaviour ... Read more...
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Deoband seminary to study Ayodhya ruling
September 30th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Darool Uloom Deoband, a leading Muslim seminary based in Uttar Pradesh, Thursday said its top clerics would study the Allahabad High Court judgment on the disputed Ayodhya ... Read more...
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Former Iranian president Rafsanjani urges Govt. not to take international sanctions as a “joke”
September 15th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Sept 15 (ANI): Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has criticised the government for not adhering to the Islamic Republic's laws and urged it not to take international sanctions as "joke" ... Read more...
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Iranian clerics call for slaying of Quran burners
September 14th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Sep 14(ANI): Two Iranian clerics have said that anyone desecrating the Quran must be killed.American pastor Terry Jones had earlier threatened to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary ... Read more...
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Pak religious clerics form global council to counter anti-Islam conspiracies
August 31st, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Aug 31(ANI): Prominent religious clerics in Pakistan have formed 'The World United Ulema and Mashaikh Council' (WUUMC) to counter anti-Islam conspiracies and tackle them at national and international forums.WUUMC Chairman Maulana ... Read more...
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Jailed terrorist rants on extremist website
August 26th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 26 (IANS) A convicted British Muslim terrorist is urging fanatics to train with guns for a holy war in a rant on an internet site, which also features sermons by ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabia to launch official TV, radio for fatwa
August 21st, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, Aug 21 (DPA) Saudi Arabia is mulling the idea of setting up an official television channel and radio station for accredited Muslim scholars to issue fatwas, or religious edicts, reports said ... Read more...
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Saudi king to allow only official fatwas
August 13th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, Aug 13 (DPA) Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has moved to block any issuance of public fatwas, or religious edicts, by clerics not officially appointed, a newspaper reported Friday.
"We have noted many ... Read more...
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Gay Priests’ Double Life In Rome Disclosed
July 26th, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 26, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The double lives of the priests in Rome were exposed by a sensational cover story recently, which showed the gay scene inside a Roman ... Read more...
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Malaysia ‘won’t ban Man U’s ‘Satan’ shirts’
July 23rd, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 23 (ANI): Malaysia's Islamic authorities have said they have no plans to issue an edict banning Manchester United shirts in the country, despite recent tabloid reports that Muslims have ... Read more...
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Vatican says women priests, sexual abuse of minors not equal crimes
July 17th, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Rome, July 17 (ANI): The Vatican has denied accusations that it viewed the ordination of women as priests and the sexual abuse of minors by clerics as equally criminal.Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the ... Read more...
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Synod rejects concession on women bishops in England
July 11th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 11 (ANI): The Church of England is facing a fresh crisis after the archbishops of Canterbury and York failed to win enough support for a compromise over women bishops at ... Read more...
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Pak clerics demand Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah’s removal over terror links
July 5th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 5 (ANI): Joining hands against the ever-expanding terrorism in the province, religious clerics in Punjab have demanded the resignation of provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah over his alleged links with ... Read more...
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MQM chief calls for closure of seminaries promoting extremism, sectarian violence
July 4th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, July 4 (ANI): Condemning Thursday's twin suicide attack at Lahore's Hazrat Data Gunj Bukhsh shrine in which 42 people were killed and over 175 injured,Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain ... Read more...
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Pak clerics forcing UK parents to make kids skip ‘UnIslamic’ music lessons
July 2nd, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): Pakistani 'Imams' visiting the country are forcing some British Muslim parents to withdraw their children from 'music lessons,' as they claim that it is unIslamic."A number of ... Read more...
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Abortion hotline in Pakistan faces criticism
June 27th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 27 (ANI): Islamic groups and political parties are severely criticising an abortion hotline in Pakistan.The helpline is under fire for being "anti-Islamic" and "colonial", even though it is expected to ... Read more...
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Vatican slams police ’sex abuse cover up’ raid on Belgian cardinals’ tombs
June 26th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 26 (ANI): The Vatican has protested after police raided tombs of two Roman Catholic Cardinals in a search for evidence of paedophile priests.Police officers raided the St Rambouts Cathedral in ... Read more...
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25 ex-Guantanamo Saudis return to militancy after rehab
June 21st, 2010 - 7:02 am ICT by IANS
Riyadh, June 21 (IANS) At least 25 former Saudi detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation programme for Al Qaeda militants here in Saudi ... Read more...
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US hesitant about endorsing LSE report on ISI-Afghan Taliban links
June 20th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 20 (ANI): The United States appears to be hesitant about endorsing a London School of Economics (LSE) report, which blames Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) for maintaining links with ... Read more...
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Brit bishop, who denied affair with married woman vicar, lives with her now
June 4th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 4 (ANI): A Bishop who quit after denying he had an affair with a married female chaplain has been revealed to be living with her now in a house they ... Read more...
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Young Muslim women fume at Deoband diktat
May 17th, 2010 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Many young Muslim women have reacted sharply to the Deoband seminary's fiat on women and men working together in offices, saying it's high time clerics ... Read more...
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Lyricist Javed Akhtar’s security stepped up
May 16th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 16 (ANI): Lyricist and Rajya Sabha member Javed Akhtar has been provided round-the-clock security following e-mail threats received by him for criticizing a fatwa against working women during a ... Read more...
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Lyricist Javed Akhtar gets e-mail threat for criticizing Deoband fatwa
May 15th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 15 (ANI): Lyricist and Rajya Sabha member Javed Akhtar on Saturday lodged a case with the Mumbai Police after he received a e-mail threat for criticizing a fatwa banning ... Read more...
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Pakistan still sees India as major threat, says top US general
May 8th, 2010 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Pakistan still sees India as its major thereat even as it has stepped up action against militants realising the "very existential threat" posed by the ... Read more...
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Islamic scholars, clerics hail death for Kasab (Lead)
May 7th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) Stating that Islam condemns terrorism in all forms, leading Islamic scholars and clerics Friday welcomed the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman ... Read more...
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