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May 19 2011, Marco Villa

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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Sreeja, Mumbai
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...
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Incognito, Atlanta
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...
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Incognito, Atlanta
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...
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Incognito, Atlanta
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...
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Didik, Jakarta
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...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
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...
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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...
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Incognito, Atlanta
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...
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Yoann, Minneapolis
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...
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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...
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Durjay, bangalore
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...
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View Point, Shimla
Egyptian conservatives condemn the artificial virginity hymen kit as technology that will promote promiscuity in a culture that forbids premarital sex. Their protests...
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Incognito, Atlanta
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...
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Yasser, Baghdad
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...
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Shane, Kansas City
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...
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Subodh Lal, Noida
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...
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Vikas, solan
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...
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Jason, New York
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...
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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...