Articles for Islamic Cleric

Donald Trump invites Hezbollah supporter, Islamic cleric Husham Al-Husainy to inauguration ceremony
2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump invites Hezbollah supporter, Islamic cleric Husham Al-Husainy to inauguration ceremony

Op India  

Husham Al-Husainy, a radical Islamic cleric who refused to call Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, has been invited to deliver a Benediction at the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump. Despite such an extremist track record, the Islamic cleric has been invited to the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump. Interestingly, Husham Al-Husainy extended his support to Trump in October 2024 for opposing …

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'Anti-Hindu' Bangladeshi cleric is now spreading radicalism in the UK
1 year, 9 months ago

'Anti-Hindu' Bangladeshi cleric is now spreading radicalism in the UK

Op India  

On Friday, a radical Islamic cleric from Bangladesh named Enayetullah Abbasi announced that he has reached the city of London and will participate in 7-8 Islamic conferences in the United Kingdom. Beware, Beware.” In April this year, another video of Enayetullah Abbasi went viral wherein he made it clear that Bangladesh belongs to only Muslims and that the State religion …

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Senior Iran cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead in bank
1 year, 11 months ago

Senior Iran cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead in bank

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An armed guard at a bank in northern Iran calmly walked up behind a senior Shiite cleric and shot and killed the ayatollah on Wednesday, according to surveillance footage from the site, the most-senior clergyman slain during months of unrest that has shaken the Islamic Republic. Soleimani, believed to be 77, served on the Assembly …

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Nigeria: 'Shia' Islamic cleric sentenced to death for blasphemy
2 years, 3 months ago

Nigeria: 'Shia' Islamic cleric sentenced to death for blasphemy

Op India  

On Thursday, a 52-year-old Islamic preacher by the name of Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara was sentenced to death in Nigeria for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. BREAKING: Nigerian Islamic Cleric, Abduljabbar Kabara Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Blasphemy | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/FSte2gnX7H pic.twitter.com/pAKQQkG2DM — Sahara Reporters December 15, 2022 While hearing the matter, Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola of the Kano …

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Taliban cleric killed in Kabul by blast from explosives hidden in an artificial leg
2 years, 7 months ago

Taliban cleric killed in Kabul by blast from explosives hidden in an artificial leg

ABC  

A prominent Taliban cleric has been killed in an attack at a seminary in Kabul, according to officials and Taliban sources. Key points: Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed after explosives hidden inside a prosthetic leg went off inside a Kabul seminary It is unclear who was behind the attack, but Taliban officials say they are investigating Mr Haqqani was a …

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Pakistan: 60 Hindus converted to Islam in one go in Sindh province. Watch video
3 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan: 60 Hindus converted to Islam in one go in Sindh province. Watch video

Op India  

On Wednesday, as many as 60 Hindus were mass converted to Islam in the Sindh province of Pakistan. In a Facebook post, the accused rejoiced, “Alhamdullilah aj meri nigrani me 60 log musalman hui hain inke liye dua karen and ensuring their full-fledged conversion. 13-year-old Hindu girl abducted, forcefully converted to Islam Sindh province in Pakistan has been the hotbed …

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Uttar Pradesh: Islamic cleric opposes alcohol-based sanitisers
4 years, 9 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Islamic cleric opposes alcohol-based sanitisers

Op India  

At the time when the use of alcohol-based sanitisers has been considered as one of the safest ways to protect from the deadly Coronavirus, a prominent Islamic cleric at Dargah Aala Hazrat in Bareilly has asked all its followers and mosque heads to avoid using alcohol-based sanitisers. Muslim clerics demanded to be consulted before quarantining Muslim coronavirus patients Last month, …

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Why has Indonesian President Joko Widodo picked a hard-line cleric as his running mate?
6 years, 7 months ago

Why has Indonesian President Joko Widodo picked a hard-line cleric as his running mate?

ABC  

Dressed in ceremonial garb, former Indonesian chief justice Mahfud MD sat patiently in a Jakarta restaurant last week waiting for President Joko Widodo to announce him as his vice-presidential candidate. Key points: Insecurities over Jokowi's "Islamic credentials" saw him choose Ma'ruf Amin Ma'ruf Amin have previously criticised sexual and religious minorities Some Jokowi supporters have said they will abstain from …

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Australia PM regrets dinner invite for 'anti-gay' cleric
8 years, 9 months ago

Australia PM regrets dinner invite for 'anti-gay' cleric

Daily Mail  

Australia PM regrets dinner invite for 'anti-gay' cleric Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull voiced regret Friday after inviting a senior Islamic leader who has condemned homosexuality to a fast-breaking Ramadan dinner. In a sermon uploaded to YouTube in 2013 the sheikh, president of the Australian National Imams Council, said gay people were responsible for spreading diseases and attracted "evil outcomes …

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Islamic cleric in Peshawar hails Charlie Hebdo attackers
10 years, 2 months ago

Islamic cleric in Peshawar hails Charlie Hebdo attackers

India TV News  

Peshawar: A local Islamic cleric Maulana Pir Mohammad Chishti with a few dozens of supporters on Tuesday paid tributes to the two Kouachi brothers who carried out the heinous carnage at the office of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last week. The cleric and his supporters chanted slogans "Hebdo publications murdabad" "Long Live Cherif Kouachi, Long Live Said Kouachi". Last …

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Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against ISIS
10 years, 6 months ago

Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against ISIS

The Hindu  

A noted Muslim cleric in Kerala on Saturday issued a fatwa asking his community members to boycott the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and other terrorist organisations. In his religious decree, general secretary of the All India Sunni Jam-e-yyathul Ulema Shaikh Abu Bakr Ahmad said favouring the extremist organisations was antithetical to the Islamic Shariah. Any support or endorsement …

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Shia cleric calls on Iraqis to defend country
10 years, 9 months ago

Shia cleric calls on Iraqis to defend country

The Hindu  

A representative for Iraq’s top Shia cleric on Friday urged Iraqis to defend their country as militants who have seized large swaths of the nation’s Sunni heartland captured two towns in an ethnically mixed province northeast of Baghdad. The fresh gains by insurgents, spearheaded by fighters from the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, come as Prime Minister …

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Islamic Cleric Bans Women From Touching Bananas
13 years, 3 months ago

Islamic Cleric Bans Women From Touching Bananas

India TV News  

New Delhi, Dec 7: An unnamed Islamic cleric based in Europe has issued a ban on women touching fruits and vegetables resembling the male sexual organ to avoid "sexual thoughts". The Egyptian news website Bikya Masr on Wednesday quoted the cleric whose diktat featured in an article on el-Senousa, a religious publication. "If women wish to eat these food items, …

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