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7 months, 1 week ago

In Maharashtra, Muslims mobilized specifically to defeat BJP, fatwas were issued

Op India

The results of the current Lok Sabha Elections were wild in the state of Maharashtra with the Muslims extending support to parties other than BJP. Alarm was raised by Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/0V0mQMA51U — Megh Updates 🚨™ June 7, 2024 ‘Fatwas helped Shiv Sena win seats in Mumbai’: Deepak Kesarkar Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar, a …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress, Shiv Sena UBT Deny Role in ‘Fatwa’ Politics

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: The alleged fatwas being issued from mosques in favour of Congress, Shiv Sena, and NCP candidates for Lok Sabha have snowballed into a major election issue ahead of polling for 11 seats in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that the days of fatwas have gone. Taking a dig at the MNS chief’s fatwa, Shiv Sena national spokesperson …

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1 year, 2 months ago

On NCPCR's Order, Saharanpur Admn Bans Book in Deoband Syllabus for 'Legitimising Sex With Minors'

News 18

The Saharanpur district administration has banned a book titled ‘Bahishti Zevar’ by Maulana Ali Thanvi, a part of Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, on the directions of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights for allegedly “legitimising sex with dead women, minors and animals”. District Magistrate Dinesh Chandra, while confirming the development to News18, said: “On the directions …

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2 years, 1 month ago

‘Kashmir Files Unreported’: Post IFFI row, Vivek Agnihotri announces ‘Kashmir Files’ follow-up film

The Hindu

A day after he challenged the International Film Festival of India jury and Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid to prove that events depicted in his film The Kashmir Files are false, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has announced a follow-up film titled The Kashmir Files Unreported to “expose the whole truth.” Earlier this week, on the closing day of the 53rd edition of …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Fatwa Against Music To Burning Lesbians’ Genitals: Why Bengal’s Murshidabad Has Become Islamist Hotspot

News 18

Last week, Bengal’s Murshidabad district was in news again for stuff the civilised world thinks it has long left behind in the dustbin of shame. In neighbouring Malda district with 51 percent Muslim population, local Muslims banned a girls’ football match in 2015 because they felt jerseys were too tight and un-Islamic for women. And in 2018, when the queer …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Fatwas: All that is wrong with Islam and the problem with Muslim liberals

Firstpost

Quran not just governs the spiritual life of a Muslim, it also regulates all facets of life, from as banal aspects as clothing, and appearance to law to death. Muslim intellectuals such as Iqbal have noted that while the movement of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan had pushed the ulema back into the bunkers of their madarsas and maktabs, the Khilafat …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Salman Rushdie stabbed: A look at ’fatwas’, attacks and controversies

Live Mint

Renowned British Author Salman Rushdie on 12 August was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man who stormed the stage as the author was ready to deliver a lecture in western New York. According to the police, the suspect ran onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York state, …

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2 years, 5 months ago

They will kill me if given a chance: Taslima Nasreen after attack on Salman Rushdie

India Today

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who has multiple fatwas issued against her, said that she could also be killed after author Salman Rushdie was stabbed on Friday as he was about to deliver a lecture at western New York's Chautauqua institute. They will kill me if they get any chance," says author @taslimanasreen.#SalmanRushdie #NewYork @PoojaShali pic.twitter.com/uW4P81WLkd — IndiaToday August 12, 2022 …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Prophet row: Bajrang Dal to hold nationwide protest against violence over Nupur Sharma's remark

India TV News

Highlights VHP said that Bajrang Dal activists will be holding a nationwide protest on June 16. Nupur Sharma Prophet Remark: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday said that Bajrang Dal activists will be holding a nationwide protest this week against the recent incidents of violence in parts of the country over remarks against Prophet Mohammad. The RSS affiliate said its …

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2 years, 11 months ago

NCPCR initiates probe against Darul Uloom Deoband over fatwas on children that violate Indian laws

Op India

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to the Saharanpur District Magistrate for initiating action against Darul-Uloom Deoband for issuing fatwas and making misleading statements on issues of child rights. In a notice issued to the District Magistrate of Saharanpur in UP, NCPCR has found that Darul Uloom Deoband has been issuing illegal and misleading fatwas, which …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Darul Uloom answers from questions of Muslims on modern issues

Op India

On the website of Darul Uloom in Deoband, a slew of inquiries seeks solutions from Deobandi school to some of the world’s most pressing Islamic concerns. Darul Uloom Deoband, India owns this website, which is dedicated to Islamic questions and fatwas. About Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary in India that is the birthplace of the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

UP: Islamic clerics declare they won't solemnise weddings if there is DJ and music

Op India

On June 5, a committee of village clerics and scholars of Raz -e-Muhammad Mustafa of Khempur village at Swar Tehsil in Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh, announced that a Nikah would not be solemnised if the ceremonies include fireworks, DJ, dance and dowry. The 11-point Nikahnama restricted the Muslim community from having ceremonies like Manjha and other “un-Islamic” traditions like marriage …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia restricts the use of loudspeakers by mosques, directs to keep the volume at a one-third level: Details

Op India

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs has issued a new directive ordering mosques to limit the use of loudspeakers. A circular has been issued by Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs Abdul Latif Al-Sheikh, to all mosques directing that the volume of the loudspeakers are to be kept at not more than one-third of the level. As per a report, external …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Mosques in Telangana to reopen from tomorrow, social distancing norms to be followed

India TV News

The worshippers will not stand shoulder-to-shoulder in mosques when they reopen along with other places of worship after two-and-half months on Monday. Managing committees and caretakers of mosques are busy making arrangements to meet the new requirements of social distancing to check the spread of COVID-19. As the mosques re-opened in countries like Saudi Arabia and Turkey with social distancing …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Sectarian Divide In Muslim Community Over Eid Prayer

ABP News

There are other finer details causing more variances, some even on gender lines. Most fatwas favouring Eid Prayer at home insist upon assembly of at least four male members while Ahle-Hadith, a radical but smaller sect, thinks even a nuclear family of two i.e. Since there is a blanket ban on public religious activities of all faiths, Muslims are rather …

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4 years, 10 months ago

The Muslim clerics preaching for Indonesia’s peat

BBC

The Muslim clerics preaching for Indonesia’s peat Getty Images Wildfires typically catch light in Indonesia's dry season, which begins in April Indonesia is home to vast peatlands that have been widely degraded to grow crops, such as oil palm. “When we burn the land, we are not only burning the trees but also small animals that we see and we …

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5 years ago

Dutch anti-Islam politician revives controversial ‘draw Muhammad’ cartoon contest

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Watch: Mother of Kamlesh Tiwari says happy with investigation

Op India

In a major breakthrough in the Kamlesh Tiwari murder case, Gujarat ATS has nabbed Ashfaq and Moinuddin, the two prime accused in the case from Gujarat-Rajasthan border late last night on Tuesday. The mother of Kamlesh Tiwari further said that she always appreciates the Yogi Adityanath government and since she has lost a young son, something or the other slips …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Legal Validity of Fatwas And Religious Dictates

Live Law

Religion plays a major role in lives of many people. However, the Court did not interfere with the practice of issuance of Fatwa on a religious issue or any other issue so long it does not infringe upon the rights of individuals guaranteed under law. Issuance of Fatwa on rights, status and obligation of individual Muslim, in our opinion, would …

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5 years, 6 months ago

‘I represent an inclusive India’, MP Nusrat Jahan reacts to fatwa against her issued by Deoband clerics

Op India

In a tweet posted last night, newly elected TMC MP Nusrat Jahan reacted to the fatwa issued against her by Deoband clerics. #NJforInclusiveIndia #Youthquake #secularIndia pic.twitter.com/mHmINQiYzj — Nusrat June 29, 2019 She wrote: “I represent an inclusive India which is beyond the barriers of caste, creed and religion. Fellow TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty also supported her saying, “we are Indian …

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5 years, 7 months ago

The rise of female Sharia judges in India

Al Jazeera

Correction: A previous version of this article said triple talaq, or instant divorce, was criminalised in India. “This was the first time one of our qazis solemnised a marriage,” said Noorjehan Safia Niaz, cofounder of Bhartiya Mahila Muslim Andolan, an organisation that launched in 2007 in India advocating for secular rights. by Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic studies at Indiana's …

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5 years, 7 months ago

The Wire traces and ‘hunts down’ Muslim women who support Modi, call them ‘RSS-backed’

Op India

Propaganda website The Wire has outdone itself. In a bid to discredit Muslim women who support Narendra Modi, The Wire journalist tracked down profiled the women who gave sound bytes to news agencies and channels. In its article published on 18th May, The Wire writes about the Muslim women who are Modi supporters and describes them as being part of …

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6 years ago

'Women and men eating together is un-Islamic' and other decrees issued by influential UP seminary Darul Uloom

Firstpost

Darul Uloom has also said that it was in fact ‘illegitimate’ to eat food while standing Renowned Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, situated in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, has added another to its list of absurd fatwas when it recently said that women and men eating together was un-Islamic. In a fresh edict issued on late Tuesday, the seminary has also …

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6 years, 3 months ago

SC Stays Uttarakhand HC Order Banning Fatwas [Read Petition]

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order banning Fatwas and barring religious outfits/bodies and statutory panchayats/local panchayats/group of people in the state from issuing such diktats. A candidate is conferred degree of Mufti after he successfully completed the comprehensive course in Islamic Jurisprudence which takes 8 to 10 years in completing the same.” Finally, asserting that …

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In Maharashtra, Muslims mobilized specifically to defeat BJP, fatwas were issued

Congress, Shiv Sena UBT Deny Role in ‘Fatwa’ Politics

On NCPCR's Order, Saharanpur Admn Bans Book in Deoband Syllabus for 'Legitimising Sex With Minors'

‘Kashmir Files Unreported’: Post IFFI row, Vivek Agnihotri announces ‘Kashmir Files’ follow-up film

Fatwa Against Music To Burning Lesbians’ Genitals: Why Bengal’s Murshidabad Has Become Islamist Hotspot

Fatwas: All that is wrong with Islam and the problem with Muslim liberals

Salman Rushdie stabbed: A look at ’fatwas’, attacks and controversies

They will kill me if given a chance: Taslima Nasreen after attack on Salman Rushdie

Prophet row: Bajrang Dal to hold nationwide protest against violence over Nupur Sharma's remark

NCPCR initiates probe against Darul Uloom Deoband over fatwas on children that violate Indian laws

Darul Uloom answers from questions of Muslims on modern issues

UP: Islamic clerics declare they won't solemnise weddings if there is DJ and music

Saudi Arabia restricts the use of loudspeakers by mosques, directs to keep the volume at a one-third level: Details

Mosques in Telangana to reopen from tomorrow, social distancing norms to be followed

Sectarian Divide In Muslim Community Over Eid Prayer

The Muslim clerics preaching for Indonesia’s peat

Dutch anti-Islam politician revives controversial ‘draw Muhammad’ cartoon contest

Watch: Mother of Kamlesh Tiwari says happy with investigation

Legal Validity of Fatwas And Religious Dictates

‘I represent an inclusive India’, MP Nusrat Jahan reacts to fatwa against her issued by Deoband clerics

The rise of female Sharia judges in India

The Wire traces and ‘hunts down’ Muslim women who support Modi, call them ‘RSS-backed’

'Women and men eating together is un-Islamic' and other decrees issued by influential UP seminary Darul Uloom

SC Stays Uttarakhand HC Order Banning Fatwas [Read Petition]