Fatwa issued against 'Vande Mataram': India

From today onwards muslim cannot sing one of the most inspirational song from the independence movement, here in India. Jamait-e-Ulema Hind issued fatwa against singing 'Vande Mtram'. "Jamait-e-Ulema Hind or the JEU on Tuesday issued a fatwa against singing national song ...

Taliban's War Against Education

Note: This article relates to the Swat-based Pakistani legion of renowned Taliban, also known as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). After taking hostage and killing journalists and foreign nationals, after...

Fatwa out of Egypt: Neighbors can make you divorce!

You can't make this stuff up! "Cairo, 13 March (AKI) - A fatwa or religious edict issued by a senior Egyptian cleric invites people to end their neighbours' marriages if they can prove they are collapsing from irreconcilable differences. "If the evidence that the neighbours...

Salman Rushdie Speaks Out About The Satanic Verses Death Sentence

When British author Salman Rushdie wrote the now infamous book The Satanic Verses he probably didn't expect that it would mean living with a death sentence, but for the past 20 years that is exactly how he has...

Malaysia clerics issue yoga fatwa, 'Imagine No Religon' Billboard Only Lasts ...

"Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims. The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to...

Hindu Sangam urges Fatwa Council to ‘be more sensitive’

"PETALING JAYA: The National Fatwa Council must respect the sensitivities and feelings of other religions in Malaysia while giving guidance to Muslims on the religion’s practices and tenets. “Many Hindus...

Yoga with worshipping and chanting probihited

"Fatwa Council says yoga with worshipping, chanting is prohibited (updated) By MAZWIN NIK ANIS Fatwa Council says yoga with worshipping, chanting is prohibited PUTRAJAYA: The National Fatwa...

Malaysian Islamic Council Bans Yoga

Worried that Muslims could be swayed by Yoga's elements of Hinduism, Malaysia's top Islamic body banned the community from practising this ancient physical exercise."Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's Islamic regulating...

Malaysia to impose fatwa on yoga

Yoga is becoming very popular in recent times and its followers are increasing all over the world. The soaring popularity of yoga could be gauged by the skyrocketing sales of yoga books,...

Muslims Issue Fatwa Against Terrorism

New Delhi: sunday June 1 Over 15,000 thousand muslims gathered Delhi's famous Ramlila ground to fight against Global Terrorism. The Gathering comprised of large number of religious leaders,scholars,filmmakers and...

Saudi Cleric Orders To Kill Writers

"Every society is examined and tested first and foremost by how it treats its own members. And here is a clear example of how difference of opinions, self criticism and free speech is dealt with in Saudi Arabia"

Ba`asyir calls on govt to take stern stand on Ahmadiyah

""Ahmadiyah, either the Qadian or the Lahore version, is deviant because it recognizes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a prophet after the Prophet Muhammad," Ba`asyir said after attending a discussion organized by the...

Juwono`s statement on `middlemen` in arms procurement must be followed up

""Don`t allow the matter to become a topic of confusing speculations. I think it is a serious issue because a defense minister does not say things without good reason," Fatwa said at the legislative building here. The MPR deputy chief opined that Defense Minister Juwono...

American Fatwa

" A fatwa issued in August 2007 by the secretary-general of the Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America (AMJA), Dr. Sheikh Salah Al-Sawy, states that marriage between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man is forbidden and invalid, and that children born of such a union are...

Muslim Organisation Issue Fatwa Against Salman Khan

"A Muslim organisation has issued a fatwa against Salman Khan for attending a Ganesh puja. On Tuesday night, the actor was present at the aarti performed by singer Sonu Nigam at the Lalbaugcha Raja mandal, Mumbai's most iconic sarvajanik Ganesh mandal. His visit was widely...

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