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When Is A Fatwa Not A Fatwa?

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 [...]

Religious Intolerance In India’s Kashmir

Actions Against Christian Priests, School Principal

Since the summer of 2011, a series of incidents taking place in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent have led observers to believe religious intolerance is rearing its ugly head there.

Briefly, The Incidents Are As Follows:

During the summer months, an unspecified number of previously [...]

Egypt – Now A Fatwa Declaring A Chevy Haram

“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 [...]

Threats Of Arrest and Death Affect Ex-President Musharraf’s Plans To Return To Pakistan

Plans To Return To Pakistan

Pervez Musharraf, the retired general and ex-President of Pakistan who has been in self-imposed exile in Dubai and London since April 2009, had announced that he would return to Pakistan to contest the next general elections. Intially he had planned to return in March. However, earlier this month, in a telephone address [...]

Mauritania Imams Declared Fatwa Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

“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

 ”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 [...]

Are Firecrackers Haram?

Ban On Firecrackers

Although there is nothing to compare with firecrackers for celebrating festivities with a bang, the injuries that have been associated with firecrackers has led to their being banned in whole or in part in many countries. However, safety is not the only reason for their being banned. Islamic authorities have their reasons.

Fatwa On Firecrackers [...]

Can Muslims Offer Christmas Greetings And Participate In Christmas Celebrations?

Fatwa In Egypt Against Muslims Acknowledging Non-Muslim Feast Days

For more than 14 centuries Muslims and Christians in Egypt lived side by side in peace. Sadly, the past year has seen the emergence of extremist Muslim groups in that country and a steady increase of these groups’ confrontations against Christians. Although the revolution last January was intended [...]

“Taking Infidel Women Captive…Permits Whoever Is Holding Them To Have Sexual Intercourse With Them”

Women Raped As Spoils Of War

Recently there have been an alarming increase in women and girls being raped as spoils of war.  The rapists in most cases are from al-Qaeda and its affiliates, but these people view rape of such victims as permissible under Sharia law.

The Rape Fatwa

A question was sent to the jihadi forum Minbar [...]

Pakistani Actress Veena Malik Ex-communicated In India

Fatwa On Social Boycott Of Veena Malik

Veena Malik might have bitten off more than she could chew when she appeared nude on the December 2011 issue of FHM India magazine.  But while Pakistani Muslim cleric Abdul Qawi is still considering a fatwa on Veena Malik, now an Indian fatwa has just been announced.

The Nude Controversy

There is no [...]