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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 [...]
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 [...]
No One Will Be Spared
In an interview that was aired on the Al-Hekma TV on March 14, 2012, Syrian cleric Sheik Muhammad Badi Maussa was asked whether it would be proper to kill the women and children of their bitter rival, the Alawite tribe. This question came about amid the ongoing uprising by the country’s majority [...]
Fatwa Roundly Slammed
Leaders of Christian and Catholic churches in Germany, Russia and Austria have strongly criticized a recent declaration by the influential Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the grand mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, that all existing churches in the Arabian Peninsula be destroyed. In separate statements, they describe Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah [...]
Educating Londoners About Islam
Ken Livingstone, leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until its abolition in 1986, and first elected Mayor of London, has declared that he wants to educate Londoners about Islam. With the level of Islamophobia being at a level that a UK helpline for victims of Islamophobia is being set up, educating [...]
Gaga Fans Are Out in Force
The pop superstar, Lady Gaga, will be holding a concert in Jakarta, the capital city of Muslim-majority Indonesia on June 3 this year. This concert is one leg of her ‘Born This Way Ball’ tour, which will see her performing in Hong Kong and Singapore as well, besides other Asian destinations.
When [...]
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 [...]
Religious Intolerance From High Office
The grand mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, has recently urged Muslims in a fatwa to destroy all churches in the Arabian Peninsula, describing this action as “necessary”. Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah cited Prophet Mohammad for support, who according to Islamic records said that the [...]
Cause For Concern
Women played quite a big part in the public protests during the Arab Spring, which led to the fall of the governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. The question now, about a year after the ousting of the repressive regimes, is whether the women are likely to have leadership roles in the new [...]
“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 [...]
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