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Earlier this week, Indonesia’s second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, issued a fatwa against smoking and it immediately ran into a flak of criticisms and protests. Now Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has stepped into the fray, calling on Muhammadiyah not to cause “public restlessness” by acting “more wisely.” Interestingly, both the Nahdlatul Ulama (Indonesia’s largest Muslim [...] Think of Valentine’s Day and inevitably we conjure up an image of lovers eating a romantic candle lit dinner and red roses galore. Valentine’s Day falls on February 14 each year. Although it probably had its origin in a Roman Catholic religious context, like Christmas it has become commercialized to such an extent that the origin [...] Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been regarded as somewhat eccentric. He seldom travels overseas, because he insists on having his tent pitched outside whereever he is staying. And often he has problem getting permission to do so. But this week in Rome, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi did something even more eccentric. He paid 50 euros to [...] By now, we have all accepted that Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno had violated Syariah law by drinking alcohol. Indeed she was convicted by a Syariah Court for this very offense and ordered to pay a fine and given 6 strokes of the cane as punishment. But now a professor of Islamic Studies has come [...] Al-Shabaab (”Youth” in Arabic), the hardline Islamist group (believed to be a Al-Qaeda proxy) which controls most of south and central Somalia and has rigorously enforced Sharia law is in the news again, this time involving ringtones. 25 year-old Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone. Now she can’t. She [...] For most people, reaching 84 years of age would be a nice time to relax with great grand children. But Nigerian Mohammed Bello Abubakar is a very busy person – he has 86 wives! Who is Mohammed Bello Abubakar? Well, he is a former teacher and now a Muslim preacher. He has fathered at least 170 children. [...] Aceh has been in the news lately because of Miss Indonesia 2009 (Putri Indonesia) Qory Sandioriva. The controversy over Qory Sandioriva was her decision not to wear a Muslim headscarf for the Miss Indonesia 2009 (Putri Indonesia) contest because “hair is beauty, and I am proud of beauty.” Aceh is the only province in Indonesia granted permission [...] Newly crowned Miss Indonesia 2009 (Putri Indonesia) Qory Sandioriva is trying to defuse the tension caused by her remarks during the contest. In the question and answer stage of the contest, she was asked why, as contestant from Aceh, she did not wear a Muslim headscarf (jilbab) whereas previous contestants from Aceh did just that. That really [...] |
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