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Kuwait To Have Its Own Blasphemy Law

Amendment To Parliamentary Penal Code Approved

Pakistan is one Muslim country that introduced a blasphemy law which has been misused so often.  But now, Kuwait is about to follow suit with its own blasphemy law.

The Blasphemy Law

Last Sunday, by a majority vote, Kuwait’s National Assembly’s Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee endorsed a proposed law that is best [...]

India – Latest Deoband Fatwa Says Running Beauty Parlours Is Haram

“Unlawful To Do An Unlawful Job”

Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband is in the news again over yet another of its controvesial fatwas.  This time it’s about beauty parlours.  The fatwa says that beauty parlours are against Sharia law and accordingly Muslim women cannot work in beauty parlours or patronize them.  In effect it says that it is “unlawful to [...]

Turkey’s Top Imam Says Saudi Grand Mufti’s Call To “Destroy All Churches” Is Wrong

A Grand Rebuke

The recent fatwa by the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, proclaiming the necessity to destroy all churches in the Arabian Peninsula because the peninsula should not be allowed to practice 2 religions continues to draw condemnations worldwide.  Now the top cleric from Turkey has joined the fray, bolding rebuking the [...]

Indonesia – New Definition For Pornography Proposed

What Defines Pornography?

What constitutes pornography?  Most people will probably say that they know it when they see it.  And by that they mean photographs and videos showing naked people in various sexual acts or erotic and sexually suggestive poses.  Some might extend pornography to erotic literature or stories.  But now a newly formed Anti-Pornography Task Force in [...]

India – Fatwa Against Videography And Photography

Deoband Fatwas Says Videography And Photography Illegal

In our modern world, we take videos and photos very much for granted.  But the folks at Darul-Uloom Deoband had just issued a fatwa against videography evidence of a marriage taking place.  Previously Darul-Uloom Deoband had issued a fatwa banning photography.

The 2007 Fatwa Against Photography

In 2007, Darul-Uloom Deoband, a leading [...]

Malaysia – All Restaurants And Food Vendors Must Soon Sell Only Halal Food

Profiting From Halal Certificates

A recent press report said that the Malaysian restaurant owners and food vendors will soon have to display a halal certificate before they can ply their trade. But then comes the catch – only halal certificates issued by 2 government departments are recognized.  Private sector halal certification and logo are not recognized by [...]

Egypt – Controversy Over Beards For Police Officers

Police Officers Fighting Over Right To Grow Beards

So what is in a beard?  After the recent public spat between Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and King Mohammed VI of Morocco over the latter’s beard (called “un-Islamic” and “a disgrace” by the former), it’s now the turn of the Egyptian police [...]

Canada – Second Chance For Muslim Lesbian Couple Fighting Deportation

“Repeatedly Threatened”

A Muslim lesbian couple who fled Israel to Canada has just been given a second chance in their fight against deportation.  Having failed to obtain refugee status, the couple presented fresh information to the Federal Court of Canada and the judge hearing the appeal has now ordered the Immigration and Refugee Board to give the [...]

Egypt – Fatwa On Political Assassination Of Syrian President

Fatwa Says Killing Syrian President Is “A Must”

In a move that amounts to sanctioned political assassination, a prominent Islamic preacher in Egypt has just issued a fatwa calling for the death of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad while condemning those who do not kill him despite being in close proximity as sinners.

“A Must”

The fatwa was issued by [...]

Egypt – Man Claiming To Be The Hidden Mahdi To Run For President

“I Am The Mahdi”

What’s happening in Egypt nowadays? An Egyptian man by the name of Muhammad Muhammad Musa, a self-proclaimed hidden Mahdi, has now decided to run for the presidency of Egypt.

About The Hidden Mahdi

Muslims believe in a historical succession of Imams from Prophet Muhammad through to the last Imam, who is the 12th Imam. This 12th [...]