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Muslim Body Issues Fatwa Against Cutting Trees, Burning Crops
In a rare 'green' gesture, an Islamic seminary in Lucknow has issued a fatwa (an edict by a recognised religious authority on a point of Islamic law) asking people not to cut trees and burn crops as part of initiatives to curb global warming.
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Assam: Lack Of Teachers, Poor Infrastructure Force Kids In 'Char' To Opt For Madrassas Over Formal Schools
Villagers in Darogar Alga char in Assam, now in news over tearing down of a madrasa, said they chose the religious seminaries over formal schooling as the quality of education in single-teacher lower primary institutions here was doubtful.
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25 Killed, 35 Injured In Powerful Blast In Pak's Northwest
A powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, killing at least 25 people and injuring over 35 others, officials said.
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In Karnataka, Congress Tries To Prove Amit Shah Missed A Trick
For nearly three decades, the Lingayats, a powerful upper caste group in Karnataka, have voted for the BJP, whose presumptive Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is the most statured leader of the community. The prosperous Lingayats were believed till recently to form 17 per cent of the state's population and are governed by a cluster of about 1,000 math...
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Shoe Thrown At Nawaz Sharif In Lahore, Attacker Gets Clobbered
A shoe was hurled at Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif by a religious extremist today during a function at an Islamic seminary in Lahore.
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Fatwa Issued Against Song With Priya Prakash Varrier That Went Viral
A Hyderabad-based Islamic seminary has issued a fatwa against a song in the upcoming Malayalam film "Oru Adaar Love", saying the government should have it removed as it hurts the religious sentiments of Muslims.
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Pak Cleric Batters Child To Death For Fleeing Seminary
An eight-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by a cleric at a religious seminary in Karachi on Sunday, police told PTI.
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Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Issues Fatwa Against Designer Burqas
Wearing designer and slim fit burqas attracts prying eyes and is against Islam, prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said in a fatwa or religious decree.
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Big Question In This UP Madarsa: How To Implement Government's Textbooks Order
At Barabanki's oldest Madrasa or Islamic Seminary, implementing the Uttar Pradesh government's new compulsory Maths and Science teaching order for students above Class 8 - using NCERT textbooks - is likely to pose a headache for Abdul Mujeeb Qasmi, the acting principal and sole religious teacher at the 70-year-old state government funded Darul Uloo...
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New York Bombing Suspect Spent Time At Taliban-Affiliated Seminary In Pakistan
Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is the main suspect in the bombings in New York and New Jersey last weekend, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan which is closely associated with the Afghanistan Taliban.
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'Read It Correctly!' Via Skype, Islamic Teaching Flows Out Of Pakistan
Mohammad Hassan secluded himself in a religious seminary in Pakistan's largest city for 11 years until he memorized the more than 6,000 verses that make up the Quran, Islam's holy book.
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Pakistan Shuts Down Seminaries Run By Jaish-E-Mohammed
Pakistani authorities have shut down several religious schools run by the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group accused of masterminding an attack this month on an air base in India, the provincial law minister said today.
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California Shooter Attended Female Madrassa in Pakistan: Teacher
The woman who with her husband shot dead 14 people in California last week attended one of Pakistan's most high-profile religious seminaries for women, a teacher at the madrassa told AFP today.
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Pakistan Targets Funding Sources of Madrasas to Combat Terror
Pakistan has frozen more than 200 bank accounts of unregistered religious seminaries in a bid to break the nexus between militants and those who provide them funds.
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Suicide attack kills 14 at Pakistan Shiite mosque, say officials
A bomb attack killed 14 people and wounded more than 25 others at a Shiite Muslim mosque and religious seminary on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar today, officials said.
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Muslim Body Issues Fatwa Against Cutting Trees, Burning Crops
In a rare 'green' gesture, an Islamic seminary in Lucknow has issued a fatwa (an edict by a recognised religious authority on a point of Islamic law) asking people not to cut trees and burn crops as part of initiatives to curb global warming.
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Assam: Lack Of Teachers, Poor Infrastructure Force Kids In 'Char' To Opt For Madrassas Over Formal Schools
Villagers in Darogar Alga char in Assam, now in news over tearing down of a madrasa, said they chose the religious seminaries over formal schooling as the quality of education in single-teacher lower primary institutions here was doubtful.
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25 Killed, 35 Injured In Powerful Blast In Pak's Northwest
A powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, killing at least 25 people and injuring over 35 others, officials said.
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In Karnataka, Congress Tries To Prove Amit Shah Missed A Trick
For nearly three decades, the Lingayats, a powerful upper caste group in Karnataka, have voted for the BJP, whose presumptive Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is the most statured leader of the community. The prosperous Lingayats were believed till recently to form 17 per cent of the state's population and are governed by a cluster of about 1,000 math...
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Shoe Thrown At Nawaz Sharif In Lahore, Attacker Gets Clobbered
A shoe was hurled at Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif by a religious extremist today during a function at an Islamic seminary in Lahore.
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Fatwa Issued Against Song With Priya Prakash Varrier That Went Viral
A Hyderabad-based Islamic seminary has issued a fatwa against a song in the upcoming Malayalam film "Oru Adaar Love", saying the government should have it removed as it hurts the religious sentiments of Muslims.
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Pak Cleric Batters Child To Death For Fleeing Seminary
An eight-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by a cleric at a religious seminary in Karachi on Sunday, police told PTI.
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Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Issues Fatwa Against Designer Burqas
Wearing designer and slim fit burqas attracts prying eyes and is against Islam, prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said in a fatwa or religious decree.
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Big Question In This UP Madarsa: How To Implement Government's Textbooks Order
At Barabanki's oldest Madrasa or Islamic Seminary, implementing the Uttar Pradesh government's new compulsory Maths and Science teaching order for students above Class 8 - using NCERT textbooks - is likely to pose a headache for Abdul Mujeeb Qasmi, the acting principal and sole religious teacher at the 70-year-old state government funded Darul Uloo...
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New York Bombing Suspect Spent Time At Taliban-Affiliated Seminary In Pakistan
Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is the main suspect in the bombings in New York and New Jersey last weekend, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan which is closely associated with the Afghanistan Taliban.
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'Read It Correctly!' Via Skype, Islamic Teaching Flows Out Of Pakistan
Mohammad Hassan secluded himself in a religious seminary in Pakistan's largest city for 11 years until he memorized the more than 6,000 verses that make up the Quran, Islam's holy book.
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Pakistan Shuts Down Seminaries Run By Jaish-E-Mohammed
Pakistani authorities have shut down several religious schools run by the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group accused of masterminding an attack this month on an air base in India, the provincial law minister said today.
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California Shooter Attended Female Madrassa in Pakistan: Teacher
The woman who with her husband shot dead 14 people in California last week attended one of Pakistan's most high-profile religious seminaries for women, a teacher at the madrassa told AFP today.
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Pakistan Targets Funding Sources of Madrasas to Combat Terror
Pakistan has frozen more than 200 bank accounts of unregistered religious seminaries in a bid to break the nexus between militants and those who provide them funds.
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Suicide attack kills 14 at Pakistan Shiite mosque, say officials
A bomb attack killed 14 people and wounded more than 25 others at a Shiite Muslim mosque and religious seminary on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar today, officials said.
