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India – Deoband Fatwa On Street Hawking

yessir — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:12:06 +0000

Footpaths Not For Trading Activities

Have you ever been forced to walk onto the road to face the busy vehicular traffic because the pedestrian pavements are taken over by all sorts of traders selling their wares? A mutton merchant in Shivajinagar certainly did. And now he has a fatwa from Darul-Uloom Deoband saying that footpaths are not meant [...]

Canada – Now A Saloon Offering Female-Only Hairstyling Days

yessir — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:12:32 +0000

Privacy Of Women

Canada is to get a new saloon that offers female-only hairstyling days. This service caters to Muslim women who require privacy. Located in downtown Halifax, the service is exclusively for women every Monday.

CAS Spa And Saloon

The owner of CAS Spa and Saloon, Lesley Williams, was given this idea by Reema Alharthi, a Saudi student.

Reema [...]

Saudi Arabia – Women Can Watch Live Soccer Matches Soon

yessir — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:12:36 +0000

Private Cabins And Balconies At New Stadium

While women elsewhere can freely play soccer, or go to a stadium to watch a live soccer match, those in Saudi Arabia have not be able to do so, because Saudi Arabia’s strict sex segregation rule against gender mixing makes it impossible for Saudi women to go to a stadium [...]

When Is A Fatwa Not A Fatwa?

yessir — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:12:49 +0000

Fatwa Or Just An Opinion?

Trust the outspoken Saudi cleric Sheikh Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamidi to come out with an answer to the question, “When is a fatwa not a fatwa?” When accused of violating Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz’s order against illegal issuance of fatwas, Sheikh Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamdi came up with this innovative defense [...]

Sudan – Fatwa Says Creating A Women’s Soccer Team Is An Immoral Act

yessir — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:12:54 +0000

No Excuse To Bypass Sharia Law

Does Sharia law prohibits a country from having its own women soccer team? Well, if you look at Muslim countries in the world, you will find most of them have women soccer teams. Even Iran has it. But in Sudan, a fatwa has recently been issued making it haram to form [...]

Egypt – Now A Fatwa Declaring A Chevy Haram

yessir — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:12:58 +0000

“A Cross On The Car?”

This has to be one of the ridiculous fatwas anywhere. An Egyptian sheikh as just suddenly noticed that a Chevrolet vehicle has a logo that looks like a Christian cross. For that reason, this Salafi sheikh pronounced it haram to drive a Chevy.

Bowtie Or Cross?

For many Americans, the logo of a [...]

Saudi Arabia Now Has A Women-Only Restaurant

yessir — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:12:03 +0000

First Public Dining Place For Women

Saudi Arabia has strict rules against gender mixing – aka sex segregation. Although sex segregation is not practised in most Muslim countries, Saudi Arabia enforces this rule very strictly. And now, taking advantge of this sex segregation rule against gender mixing, a new restaurant has opened for business, and it’s strictly for women diners [...]

Mauritania Imams Declared Fatwa Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

yessir — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:12:07 +0000

“Islam Is Clearly Against Any Action That Has Negative Effects On Health”

On January 12, 2010 a group of 34 imams And Muslim scholars issued a fatwa banning female circumcision, aka female genital mutilation (FGM) in Mauritania. This 2-year old fatwa is based on the fact that the Quran does not require female genital mutilation. Citing Mauritanian medical [...]

Malaysia – Fatwa Says Human Milk Bank Is Haram

yessir — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:12:33 +0000

”Any Action That May Harm The Lineage Must Be Avoided”

Malaysia’s National Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs has just come out with a fatwa that declares the proposed human milk bank haram because of the danger that children fed with milk from the human milk bank may unwittingly end up marrying one another, an [...]

UNHRC – France Wrong Over Sikh Turban

yessir — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:12:14 +0000

No Turban, No Access To Public Health Care

A recent ruling by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) says France is wrong to deny a Sikh man access to public health care system and social benefits – all because he refused to remove his turban for a photo to be taken for his residence card.

Ranjit Singh

In [...]