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Muslim cleric supports Naidu's assertion on Triple Talaq
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): With Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu stating that the government may have to step in and enact a law to ban Triple Talaq if the Muslim community fails to change the practice, Qazi Dr. Hina Zaheer on Sunday asserted that she stands by Naidu'
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Deposed cleric to hold conference on 2007 Lal Masjid operation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Another controversy is set to surface with deposed cleric of the Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, announcing that he will preside over a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the army-cum-paramilitary operation on the mosque-seminary.
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Triple talaq row: Cannot abolish 'Islamic process', says cleric
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kanpur [India], May 13 (ANI): Criticising senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid's 'objectionable' statement on the Islamic divorce system of triple talaq being constitutionally unjustifiable, Muslim cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi said it cannot be abolished, as it is
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Need to change mentality, not Shariyat: Muslim cleric
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): After as many as 25 leaders from the Muslim Community, under the umbrella of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the triple talaq issue, Muslim cleric Imam Umer lyasi on Wednesday said there was a need to change the mentality, n
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Clerics welcome PM Modi's triple talaq assertion, request court to no
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 29 (ANI): Muslim cleric Mufti Mukarram, while welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion on triple talaq, on Saturday requested the Court to not interfere in the issue and allow the Muslim community to resolve the issue by themselves.
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Turkey: Over 1,000 'secret imams' detained in raids
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Apr 27 (ANI): At least 1,000 people, accused of being 'secret imams' for an American-based cleric, have been detained in Turkey.
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Kolkata cleric receives 'death threat' after issuing fatwa again
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Kolkata-based cleric Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi, who issued a fatwa against singer Sonu Nigam, has alleged that he received death threats from an unknown person on his phone and has written to the Kolkata Commissioner of Police for an investigat
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Where is the garland of shoes, asks Muslim cleric to 'bald' Sonu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal)[India], Apr 19 (ANI): The Kolkata-based cleric, who issued a fatwa against Sonu Nigam, says he won't pay the singer the amount of Rs. 10 lakh till he fulfills the remaining two conditions, which are to wear two-garlands of old-torn shoes and then tour around the co
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Sister of triple talaq victim warns clerics she will adopt Hinduism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Udhamsingh Nagar (Uttrakhand) [India] Apr 19 (ANI): The sister of a triple talaq victim has warned Muslim clerics that she will adopt Hinduism if they don't set their house in order.
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Babri case: Muslims have faith in SC, says cleric
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Ayoudhya [India] Apr 19 (ANI): Muslim cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Wednesday said that the community has faith in the apex court with regard to the Babri Masjid demolition case.
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UP minister, AIMPLB member lock horns over triple talaq issue
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Apr 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh minister Mohsin Raza on Tuesday dubbed All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) as 'All India Maulawi (Cleric) Personal Law Board' and said the organization which does not work for the welfare of society, but endorses
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Mardan lynching case: Hate speech probe against two clerics
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Apr 17 (ANI): The Pakistan Police has opened a hate speech investigation against two clerics in connection with the killing of a university student over allegations of blasphemy.
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