Taliban issue fatwa to Pakistan`s media

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 19:51

The Pakistani Taliban have issued a fatwa against the media, declaring it a "party" to the conflict in the country, and drawn up a hit-list of journalists and publishers, a media report said on Thursday.

`Wives of disappeared Kashmiri men can remarry after four years`

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 22:17

In a significant development, a group of Islamic scholars ruled that "half-widows", or women whose husbands had disappeared during the over 20-year-long conflict in Jammu and Kashmir and whose whereabouts are since unknown, can re-marry after four years of waiting for their spouses.

Syria crisis: Clerics allow starving Syrians to eat cats, dogs

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 00:23

The religious clerics in the war-torn country’s capital, Damascus, have issued a ruling (fatwa) on the occasion of Eid al-Adha permitting the Syrians to eat cats, dogs and donkeys which is otherwise considered unfit for human consumption in Islam.

Al Jazeera America bans F-bomb words in newsroom

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 13:21

Al Jazeera America news chiefs have declared a fatwa against using the F-bomb in the newsroom .

Photography is unlawful and sin: Darul Uloom Deoband

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 14:13

India`s leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom has issued a fatwa, saying "photography is unlawful and a sin".

FSA fatwa forbids killing `lice growing in blessed beards`

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 12:46

The Free Syrian Army has issued a fatwa prohibiting the killing of lice that appear in the beard of a Muslim due to lack of hygiene during jihad.

Syrian Islamists issue fatwa against croissants

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 12:15

A Sharia committee has announced an anti-croissant fatwa in the rebellious region of the Syrian city of Aleppo for being symbols of colonial oppression.

Pakistan polls: Fatwa issued against voting for Imran Khan

Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 14:18

Fazl also reminded that Imran gave a fake decree with the reference of Maulana Saeed Ahmad Usmani, who had passed away in 2010.

Pak clerics issue `fatwa` to make voting compulsory

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 22:31

Pakistani religious scholars on Thursday issued a `fatwa` that declared voting in the country`s upcoming general election was "compulsory under Islamic injunctions", a senior religious leader said.

I will not sing in future, says Kashmir’s all-girls band member

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 09:28

A day after their decision to disband the Kashmir’s all-girls rock-band following the fatwa (decree) from the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, a member of the band on Tuesday said that though they are feeling bad they will not sing again.

Now a fatwa calling for baby girls to wear burqas

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 14:31

A Saudi cleric has issued a fatwa calling for female babies to wear burqas, a move that has sparked outrage across social networking sites.

Distraught Kashmir girl band member leaves Valley, case against online abusers

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 11:47

A case was registered by police today over the abusive and threatening online posts against Kashmir`s first all-girls rock band whose one member has been sent to Bangalore after the group was forced to call it quits.