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India – Is Islamic School’s Investment Advice Sound?

Muslim Seminary Issues Investment Fatwa

The Indian seminary of Darul Uloom Deoband has recently issued a fatwa that is meant to guide Muslims on their investment in the equity or stock market. This fatwa has prompted discussions in the nation’s Islamic community on its reasonableness and practicality.

About Darul Uloom Deoband

Before getting into details of this fatwa, it is [...]

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 [...]

When Is Divorce By Triple Talaq Valid?

Divorce By Triple Talaq

It is widely perceived that a Muslim man can divorce his wife merely by saying talaq (or talak – Arabic term for divorce) to her three times at one sitting. But this procedure is not accepted in many Muslims countries, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia. However, it is recognized in India, [...]

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 [...]

Fatwa Misuse By Islamic Finance Houses

An Islamic Scholar Is Not Amused

A Muslim scholar has recently issued a statement regarding the misuse of his name by a number of Islamic financial institutions. He is Mufti Taqi Usmani, a scholar of international repute on Islamic issues, especially in the financial realm.

According to Mufti Taqi Usmani, he has received enquiries from various people asking [...]

Fatwa From Abu Dhabi Permits Use Of Smartphones And Other Modern Gadgets To Read Quran

Clearance To Read Quran From Smartphones

Smartphone-wielding Muslims will be pleased with the fatwa declaring that they are allowed to read the Quran from smartphones. Not that it is likely that they have been waiting with bated breath for such a fatwa before making full use of their smartphones. In May last year, someone called Adam, who [...]

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 [...]

Europe – Church Leaders Rebuke Saudi Mufti’s Fatwa On Church Destruction

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 [...]

Egyptian Cleric Forbids Celebration Of Mother’s Day

A Man’s Dilemma About Mother’s Day

An Egyptian cleric has declared that Mother’s Day should not be celebrated “even if that saddens your mother”. He was answering a query by a man who did not agree with his sister’s suggestion that they jointly buy some house furnishings that their mother needed, as a present for her on [...]

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 [...]