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Shia Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow Hospital
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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Muslim Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow At 83
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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UP Shia, Sunni Boards Ask People Not To Visit Graveyards On Shab-E-Barat
Muslim clerics have asked people in Uttar Pradesh not to visit graveyards on the forthcoming occasion of Shab-e-Barat in view of the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Azam Khan Was Expelled From AMU For Misbehaving With Woman, Claims Cleric
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who was recently made to apologise for his derogatory behaviour towards a presiding officer in the Lok Sabha, was rusticated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman.
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Muslims Safest Under PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath Governments, Claims Shia Cleric
Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad has praised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for their "outreach to the minorities" and said that the Muslims were safest under their rule.
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'Allah Is Owner Of Mosques': AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Clerics' Body
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said mosques cannot be handed over to anybody simply because a religious cleric says so, as Allah owns the places of worship.
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Shia Personal Law Board Wants Triple Talaq To Go, Says Outlaw Cow Slaughter Too
Days after a top cleric of Ajmer Sharif Dargah called for an end to triple talaq and cow slaughter, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has weighed in, supporting calls for ending the practice of triple talaq that was destroying families.
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Hundreds Of Protesters Storm Baghdad's Green Zone, Enter Parliament
Hundreds of supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday and entered the parliament building after lawmakers failed to convene for a vote on overhauling the government, two Reuters witnesses said.
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Top Iraq Shiite Cleric Criticises Turkish Deployment
Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani today criticised the deployment of Turkish troops and tanks to the country's north without Baghdad's approval.
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Iraq's Top Shia Cleric Warns Parliament Not to Stall Haider al-Abadi's Reforms
Iraq's top Shia cleric warned parliament today not to use concerns over the legality of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's reforms as a tactic to block them, in a boost to the premier days after lawmakers sought to rein him in.
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Three Kashmiri Separatists Join Syed Ali Geelani's Hurriyat
Chairman of separatist Democratic Freedom Party Shabir Shah, National Front chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan and prominent Shia cleric Aga Syed Hassan -- who is also president of Anjuman-e-Sharie Shian -- announced that they have joined the Geelani-led Hurriyat group.
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Let Taj Mahal Be, Say Shia Clerics Opposed To Azam Khan's Idea
Wakf unable to maintain mosques, leave Taj Mahal alone, say Shia clearics opposed to Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's idea.
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Indian Muslim Group Invites Volunteers to Defend Iraq's Shrines
Muslims in India are signing up to defend Iraq's holy shrines and, if need be, fight Sunni Islamist militants in the country where the civilian death toll from the Sunni insurgents' advance is estimated at least 1,300.
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Rise of Shiite Militias Could Fracture Iraq
Emboldened by a call to arms by the top Shiite cleric, Iranian-backed militias have moved quickly to the center of Iraq's political landscape, spearheading what its Shiite majority sees as a fight for survival against Sunni militants who control of large swaths of territory north of Baghdad.
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Traditional 'topi', clerics meeting: Rajnath Singh seeks Vajpayee legacy
An image of BJP president Rajnath Singh wearing a traditional topi while offering prayers at a dargah in Lucknow has stirred a political debate a day after a top Shia cleric of Lucknow compared him to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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Shia Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow Hospital
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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Muslim Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow At 83
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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UP Shia, Sunni Boards Ask People Not To Visit Graveyards On Shab-E-Barat
Muslim clerics have asked people in Uttar Pradesh not to visit graveyards on the forthcoming occasion of Shab-e-Barat in view of the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Azam Khan Was Expelled From AMU For Misbehaving With Woman, Claims Cleric
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who was recently made to apologise for his derogatory behaviour towards a presiding officer in the Lok Sabha, was rusticated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman.
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Muslims Safest Under PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath Governments, Claims Shia Cleric
Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad has praised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for their "outreach to the minorities" and said that the Muslims were safest under their rule.
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'Allah Is Owner Of Mosques': AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Clerics' Body
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said mosques cannot be handed over to anybody simply because a religious cleric says so, as Allah owns the places of worship.
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Shia Personal Law Board Wants Triple Talaq To Go, Says Outlaw Cow Slaughter Too
Days after a top cleric of Ajmer Sharif Dargah called for an end to triple talaq and cow slaughter, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has weighed in, supporting calls for ending the practice of triple talaq that was destroying families.
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Hundreds Of Protesters Storm Baghdad's Green Zone, Enter Parliament
Hundreds of supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday and entered the parliament building after lawmakers failed to convene for a vote on overhauling the government, two Reuters witnesses said.
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Top Iraq Shiite Cleric Criticises Turkish Deployment
Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani today criticised the deployment of Turkish troops and tanks to the country's north without Baghdad's approval.
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Iraq's Top Shia Cleric Warns Parliament Not to Stall Haider al-Abadi's Reforms
Iraq's top Shia cleric warned parliament today not to use concerns over the legality of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's reforms as a tactic to block them, in a boost to the premier days after lawmakers sought to rein him in.
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Three Kashmiri Separatists Join Syed Ali Geelani's Hurriyat
Chairman of separatist Democratic Freedom Party Shabir Shah, National Front chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan and prominent Shia cleric Aga Syed Hassan -- who is also president of Anjuman-e-Sharie Shian -- announced that they have joined the Geelani-led Hurriyat group.
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Let Taj Mahal Be, Say Shia Clerics Opposed To Azam Khan's Idea
Wakf unable to maintain mosques, leave Taj Mahal alone, say Shia clearics opposed to Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's idea.
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Indian Muslim Group Invites Volunteers to Defend Iraq's Shrines
Muslims in India are signing up to defend Iraq's holy shrines and, if need be, fight Sunni Islamist militants in the country where the civilian death toll from the Sunni insurgents' advance is estimated at least 1,300.
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Rise of Shiite Militias Could Fracture Iraq
Emboldened by a call to arms by the top Shiite cleric, Iranian-backed militias have moved quickly to the center of Iraq's political landscape, spearheading what its Shiite majority sees as a fight for survival against Sunni militants who control of large swaths of territory north of Baghdad.
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Traditional 'topi', clerics meeting: Rajnath Singh seeks Vajpayee legacy
An image of BJP president Rajnath Singh wearing a traditional topi while offering prayers at a dargah in Lucknow has stirred a political debate a day after a top Shia cleric of Lucknow compared him to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
