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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Muslim group condemns Varanasi blast
December 9th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 9 (IANS) Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) Thursday condemned the Varanasi blast, which killed a toddler and injured more than 20 people Tuesday, saying that terrorism was against the principles of Islam."Muslims ... Read more...
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Tharoor fires at Arundhati Roy on Hay’s literary war ground
November 14th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 (IANS) Member of Parliament and writer Shashi Tharoor Sunday hit out at Arundhati Roy at the Hay Festival here, saying the Booker prize winner-activist has "gone ... Read more...
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Saudi clerics endorse ban on female cashiers
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:19 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Riyadh Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the powerful Islamic board of clerics have ruled that a fatwa, which bans women from being cashiers is right and as a result they endorse ... Read more...
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Cat Stevens’ And Ozzy Osbourne Performs During ‘Rally To Restore Sanity’
October 31st, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Singer Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam) performed during the 'Rally To Restore Sanity' on Saturday afternoon in Washington DC. The singer was introduced on stage by ... Read more...
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Muslim man told his divorce joke to wife on Skype stands
October 30th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 30 (ANI): A Muslim man, who jokingly told his wife "talak, talak, talak" (I divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee) in an online Skype messenger conversation, has been ... 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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Pakistani legislators want liquor ban to be lifted
October 23rd, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Pakistani legislators are advocating lifting of the ban on sale of liquor in state-run hotels and resorts in a desperate bid to "attract tourists and increase ... Read more...
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Weapons used in Pakistani leader’s murder found
October 1st, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 1 (IANS) Police in London have recovered a large kitchen knife and brick used in the murder of Pakistani politician Imran Farooq.Farooq, a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s ‘parachute politician’ main draw at film fest
September 15th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 15 (IANS) Apart from a menu of 50 films from various South Asian countries, chairperson of the Pakistan Film Censor Board (PFCB) Nilofar Bakhtiar will be one of the main ... 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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Rushdie to pen his lost chapter
July 17th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 17 (ANI): Salman Rushdie has started writing the story about his decade in hiding from a fatwa."I am writing it now. I found it kind of annoying that other ... Read more...
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Leading Lebanese Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah dead at 74
July 4th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIRUT (BNO NEWS) -- A leading Lebanese Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died at a hospital in Beirut on Sunday, two days after he was hospitalized, an aide said. He ... Read more...
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Yusuf Islam should be denied visa unless he repudiates threats against Rushdie, says Oz MP
May 28th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 28 (ANI): A Victorian MP has said that singer and songwriter Yusuf Islam formerly known as Cat Stevens, should be denied visa unless he retracts his threats against author Salman ... Read more...
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Iranian author reveals sexcapades with rock stars in ‘The Last Living Slut’
May 24th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 24 (ANI): Iranian author Roxana Shirazi's memoir "The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage" chronicles her sexcapades with rockers like Tommy Lee, Sebastian Bach and Dizzy Reed. ... 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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Javed Akhtar gets death threats
May 15th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Eminent lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar has claimed that he has received death threats by e-mail and telephone for his views on issues concerning the Muslim community.
"Yes, that ... 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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No ‘fatwa’ against working women, says Deoband
May 12th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Darul Uloom Deoband, India's foremost Islamic seminary, Wednesday denied asking Muslim women not to work along with men and said it only suggested that working women should ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim curry boss is accused of being a `terror kingpin’
April 26th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 26 (ANI): Curry house boss Golam Mostafa, 55, has been accused of heading a UK terror cell.According to The Sun, British police are probing him for money laundering and ... Read more...
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Drop ‘religion’ from committee for ‘inter-religious’ harmony: Malay muftis
April 15th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Putrajaya (Malaysia), Apr 15(ANI): Malaysian muftis have proposed that the word "religion" in the recently set-up Committee to Promote Inter-Religious Understanding and Harmony be dropped "to avoid confusion".Minister in the Malaysian Prime ... Read more...
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Ceremonies begin at Sania Mirza’s house
April 13th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) A day after Sania Mirza's marriage with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, wedding ceremonies began at the residence of the Indian tennis ace here.
The bride and her bride-groom arrived ... Read more...
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Sania Mirza to marry Shoaib Malik today
April 12th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, Apr 12 (ANI): Despite the interference of community leaders and controversy surrounding their marriage, ace tennis star Sania Mirza is expected to tie the nuptial knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik ... Read more...
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Shorten Amarnath Yatra period to save ecology: Geelani
March 19th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 19 (IANS) Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Friday demanded that the annual Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage period be reduced from the present two months to save the delicate ecology of ... Read more...
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Stone pelting is un-Islamic: Kashmiri cleric
March 10th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Terming stone pelting as a form of protest un-Islamic, the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Maulana Bashir-ud-Din, Wednesday said such violent practices were against the ... Read more...
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Pakistani Islamic scholar to issue 600-page fatwa against terrorism, suicide bombing
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.2 (ANI): Describing Al-Qaeda as an 'old evil with a new name', influential Pakistani scholar Dr Tahir ul-Qadri has said he would soon issue a 'fatwa' against terrorism and suicide bombing.Qadri ... Read more...
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KKR stops cozying up to Ashok Todi’s company
February 23rd, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Buckling under pressure from Muslim religious groups and other sections, the Shah Rukh Khan-owned Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders Monday announced they were putting ... Read more...
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Rushdie accuses Amnesty International of “moral bankruptcy”
February 21st, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb. 21 (ANI): Salman Rushdie has slammed Amnesty International's association with former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, by saying that the charity is suffering from "moral bankruptcy" as it "has lost ... Read more...
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Now a ‘fatwa’ against MNIK
February 12th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Coinciding with his troubles with the Shiv Sena, Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan now courts problems on another front, with a Muslim cleric issuing a fatwa Friday ... Read more...
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Revive film industry to boost tourism: Pakistani Senate
February 2nd, 2010 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) A parliamentary panel Tuesday urged the Pakistani government to revive the country's film industry to boost tourism.
The government should also exempt cinemas and theatres from entertainment and other ... Read more...
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Nigerian Nobel Laureate says England is a ‘cesspit of Islamists’
February 2nd, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.2 (ANI): Nigerian Nobel Laureate political activist Wole Soyinka has described England as a "cesspit" and breeding ground for fundamentalist Muslims.In an interview, according to the Guardian, he also accused Britain ... Read more...
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