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And now, a fatwa banning photography as un-Islamic

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New Delhi: India's leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom has issued a fatwa, saying 'photography is unlawful and a sin', even though Saudi Arabia allows photographers inside the holy city of Mecca and

Kashmir Grand Mufti video: Digvijay Singh slams him for 'double speak' on music

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Srinagar: Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday criticised Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir Bashiruddin Ahmad saying the video showing him enjoying music had exposed his "double speak".
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School passes fatwas on terrorism -- and body waxing

"Are women allowed to do a full body wax?" Just an everyday question for the 'fatwa' desk at Darululoom Deoband, a famed cradle of conservative Islamic thought in north India.

Hundreds of queries see

Women US senators press Saudi king on driving ban

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Fourteen US women senators pressed Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in a letter on Tuesday to lift his country's unique ban on women drivers, calling it a big step forward on human rights.

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'Talaq uttered on cellphone valid, even if wife does not hear husband'

Deoband: Talaq uttered thrice by a Muslim man on a mobile phone will be considered valid even if his wife is unable to hear it all the three times due to network and other problems, a fresh fatwa has

Fatwa: Musharraf ‘fit to be killed’

Islamabad, Oct. 24: Adding to the woes of Pakistan’s former military ruler, Mr Pervez Musharraf, a group of religious scholars has issued a ‘fatwa’ declaring him “fit to be murdered” while a petition

Fatwa issued against vuvuzela

Abu Dhabi, July 9: The vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet made famous by the football World Cup in South Africa, is in trouble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the authorities here have issued a fatwa

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