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Deoband issues fatwa against birthday celebrations

Last Updated: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 15:59

Darul Uloom Deoband has advised Muslims against celebrating birthdays, contending in a fatwa that Islam does not permit such a practice.

Ashton Kutcher teases Letterman about fatwa

Last Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 08:43

Like David Letterman, Ashton Kutcher isn’t afraid of a little fatwa humour.

Pak: Fatwa against Zakat for actors-run charities

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 13:33

Five top seminaries in Pak have issued a fatwa that Zakat cannot be given to welfare organisations run by “anti-Islamic” film actors.

Fatwa against fasting Muslims using bad languages

Last Updated: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 13:19

A fasting person must be patient and persevering, said a fatwa issued in Abu Dhabi.

Fatwa allows fasting men to use nicotine patches

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 10:45

A special fatwa issued by a religious body here has permitted smokers to use of nicotine patches during the month of Ramadan to deal with withdrawal symptoms, saying it does not violate the observance of fasting.

Fatal whipping exposes Bangladesh`s fatwa crimes

Last Updated: Monday, May 30, 2011, 19:28

When Bangladeshi teenager Hena Akhter was raped by her cousin, their village council issued a fatwa ordering a public whipping as punishment -- 101 lashes for her, 201 for him.

Bangladesh apex court bans fatwa as punishment

Last Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 14:15

The apex court said fatwa on religious matter may be given by the "properly educated persons".

Islamic seminary issues `fatwa` against female foeticide

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 12:32

An Islamic seminary has issued a decree (fatwa) terming female foeticide as forbidden for Muslims.

Bangla scholars demand ban on fatwa

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 00:07

In the last decade, 503 women have became the victims of fatwas.

500 women fatwa victims in Bangladesh in past 10 years

Last Updated: Monday, February 14, 2011, 14:18

Speakers urged the government to make issuance of fatwa a punishable offence.

Deoband`s fatwa: Abortion only on hakeem`s advice

Last Updated: Friday, February 11, 2011, 17:25

From now on, ask a `holy Muslim doctor` before you go for an abortion, the Darul Uloom- Deoband has ruled in its latest fatwa.

Pakistan, a ‘factory of issuing fatwas’: PUC chief

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 18:34

Pakistan Ulema Counsel (PUC) Chairman Allama Tahir Ashrafi said all sects had been issuing fatwas against each other in Pakistan.