Tag: fatwa
Free electricity for mosques linked with a fatwa proposed
Mosques to get 400 units free if prayer leader issues a religious decree against power theft
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of Senate’s Standing Committee on Power...
Senate body mulls help of fatwa to curb power theft
ISLAMABAD: Agitated over unrelenting power theft across the country, a parliamentary body has come up with a novel idea to get religious decrees (fatwas) issued against...
Afghanistan backtracks from anti-suicide attacks ‘fatwa’ despite Pak’s action: report
In October last year, Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa travelled to Kabul and agreed that Pakistan would seek a ‘fatwa’ or religious decree...
CII recommends marking Black Friday as ‘Blessed Friday’
ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) believes that to call any Friday as ‘Black Friday’ is disrespectful and recommended that it should be marked...
Farhatullah Babar questions if anti-terrorism fatwa applies to cross-border jihad
ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar has questioned whether the anti-terrorism fatwa of religious scholars, declaring private jihad as well as suicide bombings as un-Islamic, also...
Hafiz Saeed endorses fatwa against terrorism
LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has completely endorsed the fatwa issued by scholars against terrorism.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, he...
Cleric arrested for issuing fatwa against women farmers
DHAKA: A cleric accused of issuing a fatwa banning women from working on farms has been arrested in Bangladesh, police said on Wednesday.
The imam and...
Indian seminary issues fatwa banning Muslims from posting pictures on social...
One of the largest seminaries in India has issued a fatwa that bans Muslims from posting pictures on social media websites, according to a...
Interior minister warns people against posting jihad fatwas on social media
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal on Friday called on clerics and religious leaders to denounce “the fatwas for jihad” posted by people on...
Fatwa allowing transgender marriage triggers shock among community
A religious decree by 50 top Pakistani clerics, declaring that transgender people have full marriage rights under Islamic law, has triggered shock waves among...
