India – Muslim Scholar Proposes Formal Structure For Fatwa Issuance
A Quest For Quality Dr Waris Mazhari is an Islamic scholar who lectures in Islamic Studies at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University in the Indian city of Hyderabad. He earned his PhD from the...
View ArticleEgyptian Preacher Banned From Preaching After Issuing Two Bizarre Fatwas
Ban On Preaching An Egyptian Salafist preacher who recently issued two bizarre fatwas has been banned by the nation’s religious endowments ministry from preaching in any of the country’s mosques,...
View ArticleFatwa From Saudi Arabia Says Travel Only When Really Necessary And Under...
Fatwas Against Travel Last November a member of Saudi Arabia’s board of religious scholars issued a fatwa against going to Mars, after nearly 500 people from the kingdom applied to join the 2025 Mars...
View ArticleSaudi Cleric Says Women Should Not Talk To Men Online
Women Talking To Men Online Is “Khulwa” What happens when women talk to men? According to a prominent Saudi cleric, “the devil would be present”. He has declared online conversations between men and...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia – Fatwa Says Women Can Uncover Their Face In Public
Controversial Fatwa If you think that Islam forbids Muslim women from uncovering their faces in public, that view may just have been challenged by a new fatwa. And that fatwa became controversial as...
View ArticleKassim Ahmad’s Case Highlights Conflicting Laws Within Malaysia
A Terengganu-only Fatwa In February scholar and social activist Kassim Ahmad expressed his controversial views on Islam at a seminar in Putrajaya, Malaysia’s federal administrative center. In March he...
View ArticlePakistan – Men Not Allowed To Marry Pakistani Women
Copycat Fatwa A Pakistani local cleric has produced an identical fatwa as in Saudi Arabia banning men from marrying women from Pakistan, Chad, Myanmar and Bangladesh. This decision was made in Saudi...
View ArticleCall For Zumba Event In Penang, Malaysia, To Be Banned
Zumba Program Zumba is a popular dance fitness program that involves dance and aerobic elements. It was created by a Colombian dancer and choreographer in the 1990s. This program is now said to be...
View ArticleZumba Carnival In Penang, Malaysia, Will Not Be Banned
Decision Made On Fate Of Zumba Carnival The Zumba carnival planned for Penang’s Merdeka (Independence) Day celebrations this year will not be scrapped after all, despite a call by a Malay-rights...
View ArticleAuthor Of Banned Comicbook Series Consdering Challenging Charges Of Heresy
Fatwa Against “The 99″ Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti issued a fatwa against the comicbook series known as “The 99″, on grounds that the series was evil work that needed to be shunned....
View ArticleMalaysia – Backdoor Implementation Of Religious Principles Or Laws Using Fatwa
Opposition Leader Calls For Adherence To The Norms Of Democracy The recent action by the Selangor state and religious authorities to declare Sisters in Islam a deviant organization “professing”...
View ArticleAlgerian Author Kamel Daoud Gets Much Support Against Fatwa Calling For His...
Fatwa Against Kamel Daoud The fatwa against Algerian author Kamel Daoud was issued in mid December by Abdelfatah Hamadache, a radical Islamist preacher in Algeria and leader of an obscure Salafist...
View ArticleFatwa From Saudi Arabia On Snowmen Also Applies To Gingerbreadmen
What Prompted The Fatwa Think climate of Saudi Arabia, and high temperatures come to mind. But Saudi Arabia does have a winter, and the uplands of Tabuk province, near the border with Jordan, has been...
View ArticleWomen’s Football Match In West Bengal, India, Cancelled Because Of Fatwa
Fatwa And Threat By Fundamentalist Clerics As part of their golden jubilee celebrations, the Progressive Youth Club of Harishchandrapur in the Malda District of West Bengal organized a women’s...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Highest Clerical Body Calls For Death Penalty For Homosexual Acts
Range Of Punishments For Homosexual Acts The Indonesian government does not recognize same-sex marriage, and except for two local administrations that have their own bylaws on this issue, homosexual...
View ArticleMalaysia Tackles ISIS Threat By Explaining Meaning Of Jihad
Malaysia’s Worries About Its Citizens’ Attraction To ISIS Like many other countries, Malaysia has been worried about the number of its citizens joining ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq, or Islamic State...
View ArticleHas Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council Prohibited Leaping About During Zikir?
Topics Discussed By National Fatwa Council On Monday, Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council (JFK) held a special conference during which several topics were discussed. These topics included joining or...
View ArticleISIS Province Bans Pigeon Breeding Because Sight Of The Birds’ Genitals Are...
A Bizarre Basis For A Fatwa Pigeons are said to be incredibly complex and intelligent animals with outstanding navigational abilities, and to be highly sociable creatures that make responsible parents....
View ArticleIndonesian Ulema Council Wants Limit On Who Can Label Others Kafirs Or Infidels
Authority Given Only To Government-recognized Islamic Organizations The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has issued a fatwa stating that only government-recognized Islamic organizations should be able to...
View ArticleFatwas In Pakistan Allow Muslims To Break Their Fast During Ramadan Because...
Clerics Declare That Heatwave Can Be Reason For Breaking Fast Whilst Muslims in northern countries have been struggling with the fast for Ramadan because of the long daylight hours, those in the...
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