“Dr. Khalid Hanafi [a “member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, based in Dublin, Ireland”] issued a fatwa in which he stressed the permissibility of combining the Maghreb and Isha prayers, as is the case with the followers of AhlulBayet, peace be upon them.” A group of Muslim scholars issued a joint statement…
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“Woman’s rights group SIS Forum (Malaysia) has gone to the Federal Court in a final bid to quash a fatwa issued by the Selangor religious authorities labelling the group as deviants.”
“Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi [of Iran] issued a fatwa forbidding governments to use violence against demonstrators demanding their legitimate rights.” “The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about a request for a fatwa seeking the assassination of its head in Sudan, as loyalists of ousted leader Omar al-Bashir stepped up opposition to a draft…
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An Islamic cleric and three village elders in Bangladesh were arrested after the police found that the village elders had stoned a woman accused of having an extra-martial affair to death based on the cleric’s fatwā. For more content and context on harsh interpretations and applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar…
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