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"Finally, Mirwaiz will walk a free man":Mehbooba Mufti
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The management of Kashmir's grand mosque, Jamia Masjid, said in a brief statement that the cleric will be allowed to offer Friday prayers after four years of "house arrest".
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Omar Abdullah welcomes move to allow Mirwaiz Farooq to lead prayers
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The management of Kashmir's grand mosque- Jamia Masjid said in a brief statement on Friday said that the cleric will be allowed to offer Friday prayers after four years of "house arrest".
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"Govt committed to crackdown on child marriages": Assam Dy Speaker
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Earlier, Assam police arrested around 5,000 people during the first phase and arrested 15 clerics for their alleged role in child marriages.
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Pak: TLP leader makes death threat against Faraz Pervaiz, alleges him of b
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Faraz Pervaiz, a Pakistani national belonging to the Christian religious minority shared a post on social media saying that he is under threat as Muslim clerics are calling for his death for allegedly making blasphemous comments.
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Pakistan: Religious cleric gunned down in Karachi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A 46-year-old religious priest and seminary administrator was shot dead in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighbourhood on Tuesday night, ARY News reported quoting the police.
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Pakistan: Supreme Court to take Jaranwala blasphemy case today
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Jaranwala incident took place on August 16 where a crowd vandalised over 21 churches and set more than a hundred houses in Jaranwala on fire after clerics made announcements in the mosques inciting the mob to attack the Christian community under allegations of blasphemy.
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PoK: Unrest continues in Gilgit-Baltistan over clerics' derogatory remarks
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been dealing with a tense situation for the past week now over clerics court controversy, reported Dawn.
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PoK: Massive protest erupts in Skardu after Pak agencies books top Shia cl
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Hundreds of thousands of locals gathered in the Skardu area in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) protesting against the Pakistani government demanding an immediate release of their leader and top Shia cleric Agha Baqir Al-Hussaini.
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Taliban stresses on implementation of Sharia in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Taliban-appointed Acting Interior Minister of Afghanistan Sirajuddin Haqqani while speaking to a gathering of religious clerics, tribal elders and local officials in Laghman, said that the current Jihad in the country is to implement Sharia law.
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Pak: Local clerics ban transgender persons' music, dance at wedding
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The decision was made by a group of 26 clerics on Friday, who also ruled that clergy would not perform the nikah ritual at any marriages that included music and dance.
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Implementing Uniform Civil Code will "infringe" on fundamental rights: Ker
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Palayam Imam VP Suhaib Maulavi on Thursday said that the Uniform Civil Code "contravenes" the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the country, hence implementing it will "infringe upon" the rights under Article 25.
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Afghanistan: Clerics call upon Taliban to reopen schools for girls above s
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"We ask the Islamic Emirate government to let girls get an education in accordance with Sharia law," TOLOnews quoted Nasrullah Urfan, a religious cleric, as saying.
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