Tag: Cleric

Cleric arrested for ‘pro-Taliban’ Friday sermon

A cleric, Qari Ahrar, was Wednesday arrested by security agencies on charges of supporting the Taliban during his Friday sermon last week in Lahore. Ahrar,...

Lal Masjid protest moves to Melody chowk

ISLAMABAD- Security was beefed up on Friday outside Islamabad's Lal Masjid following a call of protest by civil society members, private media reported. Roads leading to...

‘Down with Taliban apologists’

While the nation is mourning the massacre of minor students in Peshawar at the hands of bloodthirsty Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and is looking up to the Pakistan Army for avenging the carnage, Lal Masjid’s cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz is adamant that use of force against Taliban is not the “wise option”.

Bangladesh arrests hardline cleric over TV host’s death

Bangladesh police said on Monday they have arrested a hardline Muslim preacher for allegedly inciting the murder of a popular television host. Sheikh Nurul...

Cleric who backs Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to leave Qatar

A cleric who supports Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has said he will leave Qatar, following media reports the Gulf Arab state has asked some...

Protests staged over arrest of cleric in Parachinar

Protesters continued to stage demonstrations for the third day on Thursday in Kurram tribal region's Parachinar area demanding the release of 23 tribal leaders...

Spiritual guide turns monster

10-year-old boy raped by madrassa cleric in Sandha Accused Abdul Ghaffar says he was not in right frame of mind when sexually assaulting student Boy’s family,...

Religious cleric gunned down by unidentified assailants

A prominent cleric, Yaqoob Qadri was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Nawabshah on Friday. Panic and tension gripped the adjacent areas following the...

Islamic cleric to lead opposition against Syria’s Assad

Damascus cleric Maath al-Khatib has been reportedly elected to head a new coalition to oust President Bashar Assad's regime at a meeting in Qatar. The...

‘Pedophilic cleric’ kidnaps 15-year-old girl

A 40 year old imam fled after kidnapping a 15-year-old female student on Saturday. Per details, Hafiz Ateeq ur Rehman, imam of Chowk wali...

Blasphemy case: Two more witnesses record statement against cleric

Two more witnesses after Maulvi Hafiz Zubair recorded their statements against Imam Khalid Jadoon in the Rimsha Masih blasphemy case. Hafiz Owais and Khurrum Shahzad...

Cleric urges fairness for ‘blasphemy’ girl

The head of the country’s leading body of Muslim clerics Tuesday came to the defence of a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy, demanding...

Sadr says his followers not fighting in Syria

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday insisted that claims his supporters were involved in fighting in Syria were false, but said members of “splinter”...

Two Kohistan women alive: Farzana Bari

At least two Pakistani women are alive and well after being sentenced to death for purportedly mingling with men and singing at a village...

Cleric who issued killing decree in Kohistan arrested, released on bail

A local court on Tuesday released a cleric who allegedly issued fatwa for killing four women and two men for “staining the honor” of...

Cleric arrested over dancing death decree

Police on Tuesday arrested a cleric accused of sentencing six people to death for singing and dancing at a wedding in Kohistan. "Police have arrested...

Two clerics shot dead in Karachi, Lakki Marwat

A noted cleric of a local madrassa and his two guards were gunned down in Karachi, while unidentified assailants shot dead a leading religious...