Milad celebrated with gaiety in Hyderabad
February 5th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed, was celebrated Sunday with gaiety and fervor in Hyderabad and other parts of Andhra Pradesh.Meetings, rallies, feeding of the ... Read more...
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Seminary asks Muslims to avoid ostentation on Mawlid
February 3rd, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) A leading Islamic seminary in Hyderabad has issued a fatwa asking Muslims to desist from un-Islamic practices like playing music, singing and dancing on Milad-un-Nabi, the ... Read more...
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Criticism of fatwa on priests ‘unfortunate’: Kashmir Mufti
February 2nd, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 2 (IANS) While not naming separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, Kashmir's grand Mufti Thursday said it was "unfortunate and intriguing" that some Muslims had criticised the fatwa seeking ... Read more...
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Jaipur delegates slam Rushdie ‘gag’
January 24th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The intellectuals fraternity at the Jaipur Literature Festival responded with outrage to the new "fatwa" on author Salman Rushdie, who was stopped from addressing the audience ... Read more...
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Fatwas outrageous, laugh for sanity: Iranian writer (Interview)
January 23rd, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) A thousand jokes go around in Iran every day mocking President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the pretensions of the powerful, says Iranian writer Kamin Mohammadi, outraged that ... Read more...
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Rushdie trip to Jaipur uncertain, cleric seeks apology (Roundup)
January 17th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur/New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Controversial writer Salman Rushdie may not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival beginning Friday, informed sources said Tuesday, as a leading Muslim scholar asked him ... Read more...
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Rushdie unlikely to attend Jaipur Festival
January 17th, 2012 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur/New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Controversial writer Salman Rushdie is unlikely to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival beginning in Jaipur Friday, highly placed sources said Tuesday.Although there is no ... Read more...
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Lakhs of students participate in Surya Namaskar in Madhya Pradesh
January 12th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) Amid a fatwa from Muslim clerics and objections from the Christian community, the Madhya Pradesh government Thursday held its proposed Surya Namaskar yogic exercise in government ... Read more...
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Religious twist to traffic rules has clerics fuming
December 24th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Dec 23 (IANS) Over-zealous traffic police officials in Gurgaon have raised the hackles of religious leaders after they made traffic violators swear on their respective holy books that they ... Read more...
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No diktat, but open to all-party meet on TV content: Soni
December 13th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) With members of parliament voicing concern over objectionable content on TV channels, the government Tuesday said it was open to an all-party ... Read more...
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Geelani slams Farooq for stance on liquor shops
December 7th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 7 (IANS) Hardline senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Wednesday sought a 'fatwa' against union minister and ruling National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah for advocating reopening ... Read more...
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Court case against ‘Azaan’
October 12th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 12 (IANS) Bollywood movie "Azaan", scheduled to be released Friday, has run into rough weather after a Samajwadi Party leader from the city approached the Bombay High Court, ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabia detains woman for defying driving ban
May 23rd, 2011 - 1:59 am ICT by BNO News
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (BNO NEWS) -- Saudi authorities on Sunday arrested a female activist for driving her car in the eastern town of Khobar, defying a long standing ban on women's driving.
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Dhaka verdict on fatwa hailed with caution
May 13th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 13 (IANS) Bangladesh's civil society and Islamic scholars have hailed a court verdict on he fatwa, but asked the government to specify who could issue it so as ... Read more...
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, America’s new most wanted
May 5th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): One-time Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri is now America's new most wanted person, given his status as Al Qaeda's number two.Though the FBI said it does not rank its ... Read more...
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Indian Muslim intelligentsia welcomes Osama’s elimination
May 4th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): A cross-section of Muslim intelligentsia in India has welcomed the elimination of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden through a covert operation mounted by the US Navy ... Read more...
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Rumsfeld: Death of Bin Laden a victory in the fight against Islamist terrorism
May 4th, 2011 - 4:22 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has hailed the U.S. operation that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Sunday as an 'important victory in the fight ... Read more...
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Malay Muslim clerics firm on ban on Christian-rooted poco-poco dance
April 24th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 24 (ANI): Islamic clerics in Malaysia are firm on their ban on 'poco-poco' a popular dance form, claimed of having Christian roots, despite the country's National Fatwa Council's decision ... Read more...
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UK novelist Martin Amis calls Royal Family ‘philistines’
April 18th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 18 (ANI): Martin Amis, one of Britain's most famous novelists, has reportedly passed a sarcastic remark on the Royal Family. He has called them philistines.The author of bestsellers like ... Read more...
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Who killed Maulana Shaukat Ahmed and why?
April 10th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Jaibans SinghNew Delhi, Apr. 10 (ANI): Maulana Shaukat Ahmed, the soft spoken 55-year-old chief of the Jamiat-e-Ahli-Hadees (JAH), has become yet another victim of terrorist violence in strife-torn Kashmir Valley.His ... Read more...
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Maulana who opposed stone-pelting - and died for it
April 8th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Maulana Showkat Shah, who was killed just ahead of Friday prayers in Srinagar, was the Kashmir Valley's most vocal critic of stone pelting protests ... Read more...
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Malaysia bans Christian-rooted ‘poco-poco’ dance for being ‘haram for Muslims’
April 2nd, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 2(ANI): Muslim clerics in Malaysia have issued a fatwa banning the "poco-poco", a popular line dance, saying that it is 'haram for Muslims' because of its Christian roots.In Malaysia, ... Read more...
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4 Bangladesh doctors to be tried for faking autopsy report
March 28th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 28 (IANS) A Dhaka court Monday ordered the trial of four government doctors who suppressed evidence of the rape and flogging of a teenaged girl and faked her ... Read more...
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Bangladesh apex court seeks scholars’ opinion on fatwas
March 11th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 11 (IANS) The Bangladesh Supreme Court has sought the opinion of Islamic scholars on the status and application of fatwas, or religious edicts, in the country.Taking up a ... Read more...
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Bangla gangrape victim kills self
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 23 (IANS) A tribal girl, who was a gangrape victim, took her life in a Bangladesh village after one of her alleged rapists who was to marry her as part ... Read more...
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Valentine’s Day not appropriate for Muslims: Malaysian DPM
February 13th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 13 (ANI): Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has said that the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) is meant to guide and advise Muslims to stay away from the Valentine's ... Read more...
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Valentine’s Day not Christian fest: Malaysian churches
February 11th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 11 (IANS) Valentine's Day is a secular observance that is not celebrated by churches anywhere, the Council of Churches of Malaysia said Friday, responding to a raging controversy in ... Read more...
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Dhaka court orders trial in raped, flogged girl’s death
February 11th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 11 (IANS) A court here has ordered reopening of the case of a teenage girl who was raped and then flogged to death under a clergy's edict last month, directing ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi rape victim was whipped to death, court told
February 10th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 10 (IANS) The teenager who died after she was raped and whipped a 100 times following a fatwa by local clerics had suffered "heavy wounds" all over her body, said ... Read more...
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Body of girl raped, whipped to be exhumed
February 7th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 7 (IANS) The body of a teenaged girl who was raped and whipped more than 100 times following a fatwa by a Muslim cleric last month is to be exhumed, ... Read more...
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Bangladesh court demands govt explanation over failure to protest ‘whipped to death’ teen
February 6th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb 6 (ANI): Amid massive protests, the Bangladesh High Court has demanded an explanation from the government over its failure to protect a teenage girl who died after being whipped in ... Read more...
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Teenager raped, whipped to death in Bangladesh
February 3rd, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) A teenager in Bangladesh died after being raped and then whipped 100 times following a fatwa by local clerics this week, a media report said. The Dhaka High ... Read more...
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Sherry Rehman working on ridding Pak of fundamentalism through liberal resurgence
January 29th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan 29(ANI): Sherry Rehman, a progressive Pakistani parliamentarian attempting to amend the country's controversial blasphemy laws, says she is working on a liberal resurgence there.Rehman sees the current political crisis ... Read more...
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UK hate cleric urges Muslims to ‘issue fatwas’ against Cameron, May
January 23rd, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 23 (ANI): London based hate cleric Anjem Choudary has urged Muslims to issue a 'fatwa' against British Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May.Choudary branded both ... Read more...
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Now, fatwas demanding death for Sherry Rehman over Blasphemy Law softening stance
January 9th, 2011 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan 9 (ANI): Following the assassination of liberal politician Salmaan Taseer, it has been reported that fatwas are being issued against Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Sherry Rehman, declaring her a ... Read more...
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