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Man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie will soon go on trial. The author will take stand
In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in ...
Controlling unruly fatwas
Anyone with an interest can notice the chaos related to the issuance of Fiqh ...
Saudi cleric al-Ghamdi: Abaya is not mandatory as per Islam’s teachings
Sheikh Ahmed al-Ghamdi, former head of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue ...
The stubborn jurist and the fate of extremists
In the Spring of 1991, several angry youth gathered around sheikh Mohammed Bin ...
How the rapid pace of life calls for renewed change
It’s said that a man once headed to Mecca to perform pilgrimage, and he ...
Book says Pakistan clerics issue fatwa against ‘un-Islamic’ suicide bombings
More than 1,800 Pakistani Muslim clerics have issued an Islamic directive, or ...
How Egypt’s Al-Azhar aims to crack down on unauthorized ‘TV fatwas’
In a press conference held at the Egyptian Supreme Council for Media Regulation, a ...
Houthi cleric says internet is ‘haram’, prompting crackdown on Wi-Fi routers
Mufti of the Houthi militia in Yemen, Shams al-Deen Sharad al-Deen, has issued a ...
Egyptian preacher who issued ‘sex with dead wives’ fatwa banned from TV
Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation issued a decision to ban ...
In Egypt, ‘3000 extremist fatwas’ incite destruction of churches
Egypt's official religious institution tasked with drafting edicts has found 3,000 ...
Saudi imam refuses to issue fatwa allowing man to marry his wife to friend
A Syrian national who lives in Saudi Arabia with a visitor status contacted Saleh ...
Office of the Two Holy Mosques responds to ISIS’ fatwa on Jihad
The Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, published a video clip on ...
Pokemon, fatwas and terrorism
The focus on fatwas is based on the premise that clerics have a strong hold on the ...
Progressive Saudi cleric views may anger some, but are hailed by many
Sheikh Saleh Al-Maghamsi said he had been referring to music, not singing, ...
Dubai's Islamic authorities issue fatwa against WiFi theft
Stealing WiFi from your neighbour would not be proper Islamic conduct according to ...
Indian Muslims clerics condemn ISIS, calling it ‘un-Islamic’
Religious leaders across India have signed the edict saying the actions of ISIS ...
Saudis ridicule ‘women look at football players’ thighs’ fatwa
The imam had said it should be “haram” or forbidden for women to watch football ...
Malaysian fatwa: Women MUST have sex with husbands, even on a camel
A recent Malaysian fatwa claims (religious edict) that women are obligated to meet ...
Saudi Grand Mufti DENIES fatwa allowing men to eat wives
The unsubtantiated fatwa attributed to the Grand Mufti claims that such sacrifice ...
Qatari fatwa: Destroy Egypt’s pyramids, Sphinx!
Religious edict suggests the destruction of the historic monuments are a ...
The Earth revolves around the Sun… and absurd Fatwas too!
Clerics should go back to their role of focusing purely on religious/spiritual ...
Turkish ‘tattoo fatwa’ urges inked Muslims to repent
Erdoğan reportedly rebuked a young footballer over his tattoos last year
WATCH: Saudi cleric says 'veil not required,' brings wife on to show
Sheikh Ahmad al-Ghamidi brought his wife UNVEILED to last Saturday’s "Badria," a ...
Halloween is ‘haram,’ declares Malaysia fatwa council
The country’s National Fatwa Council slammed the spooky tradition as “Western,” ...
British Muslim leaders say it is ‘haram’ to join ISIS
The fatwa supported by six senior Islamic scholars across the country
Egypt fatwa: Men, women online chats ‘un-Islamic’
Online chat rooms are 'frivolous, evil and open the door for the devil,' the ...
‘Men can peep at future wives,’ Egypt fatwa claims
Controversial fatwa suggests men allowed to see their future wives 'while she is ...
Israeli media digs up old Saudi fatwa stating football is ‘haram’
The 2013 Fatwa by Saudi cleric al-Barrak proclaims football as an abomination that ...
Saudi cleric says chatting online is haram
Abdullah al-Mutlaq warned that “the devil would be present when women talk to men” ...
Fatwa prohibiting traveling abroad causes controversy in Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Abdullah al-Suwailem warned that if a person dies in an ‘infidel land,’ ...