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Sikh woman weds Lahore man, converts to Islam
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): A Sikh woman pilgrim from Punjab's Hoshiarpur district has reportedly married a Lahore-based Pakistani and has converted into Islam.
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government facing criticism for aiding religious school
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.27 (ANI): Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has recently come under sharp criticism from the opposition for donating a sum of USD 2.5 million to the Darul Uloom Haqqania, an Islamic seminary in Akora Khattakan, as aid.
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Taliban-linked seminary to get Rs 277m fund in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 23 (ANI): Pakistani seminary Darul Uloom Jamia Haqqania will be granted furthermore funds of Rs 277 million to bring its madrassas to the mainstream.
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Hyderabad seminary issues fatwa against viral Malayalam song
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Telangana] [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Jamia Nizamia, one of the oldest Islamic seminaries of higher learning for Muslims belonging to Sunnis in India, on Thursday issued a fatwa against Malayalam movie Oru Adaar love song 'Manikya Malaraye Poove'.
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Pak teacher arrested over alleged sexual assault
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 1 (ANI): A teacher at a seminary in Pakistan has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child.
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Cleric pardoned for murder of student at Karachi seminary
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan.22 (ANI): Parents of an eight-year-old boy who was thrashed to death at a seminary here, have pardoned the cleric in charge of the institution.
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Muslims divided over fatwa against marrying bankers
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday condemned the prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband's new fatwa directing Muslims not to marry into families earning money through banking and related jobs drawing income from in
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Fatwa bans Muslim women from marrying into families of bank employees
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 05 (ANI): The largest seminary in the country, Darul Uloom Deoband, has issued a fatwa asking Muslim women to not marry into a family whose members work in banks, citing that the income from banking jobs is considered 'haram' (forbidden) earnings.<
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Fatwa issued against worshipping Rama
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Deoband (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): The well-known Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Deoband on Saturday denounced Muslim women as non-Muslims for offering Aarti to Lord Rama. Some Muslim women in Varanasi had worshipped the Hindu God on Diwali.
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Fatwa bans Muslims from posting pictures on social media
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): The well known Islamic seminary in Saharanpur, Darul Uloom Deoband, has issued a fatwa banning Muslims from posting pictures on social media sites.
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Deposed cleric to hold conference on 2007 Lal Masjid operation
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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ISIS militants kidnap 13 seminary teachers in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 (ANI): At least 13 seminary teachers were abducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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