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Kolkata Cleric Who Issued 'Political' Fatwas Faces Opposition On Home Turf: Tipu Sultan Mosque
A prominent Muslim cleric in the West Bengal capital Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mosque who makes headlines for controversial fatwas, or religious decrees, including one recently targeting PM Narendra Modi faced protests earlier this week. On home turf.
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Pakistan Clerics Issue Decree To Ban Ramzan Programmes
About 100 clerics in Pakistan have issued a decree seeking a government ban on Ramzan programmes of various TV channels, terming them against Shariah.
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Fatwas are political-religious views, can't interfere, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that it cannot interfere with fatwas or religious decrees issued by Muslim clerics.
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Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm in Afghan district
One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservatism as NATO forces leave the country.
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Pakistani cleric held for sentencing six to death for dancing
Pakistan's police on Tuesday arrested a Muslim cleric accused of sentencing six people to death for singing and dancing at a wedding in the northern part of the country."Police have arrested a cleric and his companion for issuing the death decree, but they totally denied it," local administration official Aqal Badshah Khattak told Agence France Pre...
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Kolkata Cleric Who Issued 'Political' Fatwas Faces Opposition On Home Turf: Tipu Sultan Mosque
A prominent Muslim cleric in the West Bengal capital Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mosque who makes headlines for controversial fatwas, or religious decrees, including one recently targeting PM Narendra Modi faced protests earlier this week. On home turf.
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Pakistan Clerics Issue Decree To Ban Ramzan Programmes
About 100 clerics in Pakistan have issued a decree seeking a government ban on Ramzan programmes of various TV channels, terming them against Shariah.
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Fatwas are political-religious views, can't interfere, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that it cannot interfere with fatwas or religious decrees issued by Muslim clerics.
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Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm in Afghan district
One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservatism as NATO forces leave the country.
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Pakistani cleric held for sentencing six to death for dancing
Pakistan's police on Tuesday arrested a Muslim cleric accused of sentencing six people to death for singing and dancing at a wedding in the northern part of the country."Police have arrested a cleric and his companion for issuing the death decree, but they totally denied it," local administration official Aqal Badshah Khattak told Agence France Pre...
