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Ever since the 1970s there has been what some term a “democratization” in Islamic jurisprudence. Prior that era, Islamic clerics were nearly all on the state payroll. The national government controlled the religious leaders, imams, clerics and judges,...
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Are they, the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, living in Stone Age or in the 21st century?
It is extremely sad to hear that the...
made popular Aug 10 2010
The poor Somali people. When you think it can’t get any worse, al-Shabaab comes along and pulls another rug from under their feet. They’ve banned pretty...
made popular Aug 9 2010
I don’t think there’s much hope for Saudi Arabia. It seems the country takes one step forward into the 21st century, and then some whacked-out cleric wants...
made popular Feb 25 2010
Some of the most interesting fatwas have been coming out of Indonesia recently, and surprisingly not all of them from Indonesia’s Ulemas Council.
Let’s...
made popular Feb 16 2010
An Islamic body which has issued fatwas on inappropriate behaviour from practising yoga to failing to vote in elections said it is now considering a request to tackle...
made popular Jan 25 2010
Fatwa - Now available in a stupid Hollywood movie
In the early centuries of Islam, the issuing of fatwas was a very uncommon practice in which only a few well-trained...
made popular Jan 15 2010
Senior Saudi cleric Abd Al-Muhsin Al-’Abikan has issued a fatwa banning Saudi citizens from marrying women who are not residents of the kingdom without obtaining...
made popular Jan 11 2010
As in most civilized countries, the legal age a young girl can marry in India is 18. Any younger and the child is just not mature enough. Personally I think there would...
made popular Dec 16 2009
Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year, and with it comes the idiotic fringe-media meme that’s come to be known as the “War On...
made popular Nov 19 2009
NEW DELHI: Muslims will not be singing Vande Mataram as some verses violate the Islam’s faith in Allah is the fatwa released from the Jamiat -e-Ulema-e-Hind by their...
made popular Nov 4 2009
C’Mon...Its just a song. I think one does not need to worship nation. If you say “Bharat Mata”, a country does not become your mother. Its a way of...
made popular Nov 3 2009
Egyptian conservatives condemn the artificial virginity hymen kit as technology that will promote promiscuity in a culture that forbids premarital sex. Their protests...
made popular Oct 8 2009
Why would a 30-plus year-old man be interested in an 8-year-old girl? What could he possibly find in common with a child of that age, a pre-pubescent who has yet to...
made popular Feb 27 2009
It is designed to be explanatory, for Muslims, and non-Muslims alike, on the status of the veil, and its more oppressive forms, such as the one-eyed niqab. If you are a...
made popular Oct 14 2008
With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations, Asif Ali Zardari has succeeded in uniting one of Pakistan’s hard-line mosques and...
made popular Oct 3 2008
The Hindi-Urdu film industry, right through its transition from Bombay to Mumbai, has had an interesting relationship with what one may call the Muslim dilemma in...
made popular Jul 1 2008
Thousands of Muslims gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to denounce terrorism, with leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom issuing a fatwa declaring it as the “most...
made popular May 31 2008
Every time you turn around, a Muslim cleric is issuing a religious edict (fatwa) about something. Whether it’s giving fellow Muslims permission to murder...
made popular Feb 25 2008
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A Saudi man drinks Arabic coffee as he watches Satellite TV at his home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ,Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. Arabs are denouncing a Saudi cleric’s edict that it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that show...
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