Muslim clerics to boycott marriage of drunkards, dowry seekers

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 15:23

Drunkards and dowry seekers in eastern states will find it difficult to get their marriage solemnised with a group of Muslim clerics deciding to boycott such people.

Bihar clerics not to offer funeral prayers for drunkards

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 14:12

Muslim clerics in a Bihar district have decided not to lead or offer namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayers) of drunkards.

Bihar clerics not to conduct nikah of dowry seekers

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 15:31

Muslim clerics in a Bihar district have said they won`t conduct marriage ceremony of those who give or take dowry.

Eid to be celebrated in Kerala on Thursday

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 23:59

Various Muslim clerics and community leaders announced that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated in Kerala on Thursday.

Ramadan to begin in Kerala Wednesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 23:02

Muslim clerics and leaders in Kerala announced that the holy month of Ramadan would begin from Wednesday.

Holocaust awareness program: Muslim clerics to visit Auschwitz

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 14:11

A delegation of 22 Muslim clerics, including from India, would visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland this week as part of a Holocaust awareness programme.

Don`t use Muslims only as vote bank, say clerics

Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 00:04

Top Muslims leaders and clerics Saturday warned secular parties not to use the Muslim community as their "vote bank"only but sincerely work for their socio-economic uplift and political empowernment.

Egypt`s Muslim clerics elect top Islamic jurist

Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013, 23:52

Muslim clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt`s premier religious institution, have chosen the country`s top Islamic jurist via direct and secret balloting the first such vote in six decades.

Change patriarchal system to stem rape: Muslim clerics

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 14:34

Rape can only be stemmed through a change in the present "capitalistic, patriarchal" social system, a group of Muslim clerics said.

`Uploading photos on matrimonial, social sites prohibited`

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 14:07

An organisation of Sunni Muslim clerics here have termed as `haraam` the uploading of photos on the internet for matrimonial purpose and on social networking sites.