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Uttar Pradesh: Rs 1 lakh bounty, a fatwa issued against a Muslim doctor for supporting the RSS; accused arrested

OpIndia Staff - 5 April, 2022

The fatwa mentions that anybody who kills Dr Mohammad Nizam Bharti would be rewarded with Rs 1 lakh.

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‘Necktie is a Christian symbol, try to get admission in Muslim schools’: Darul Uloom Deoband on school uniforms and more

OpIndia Staff - 16 February, 2022

Darul Uloom Deoband's website claims Muslim students should avoid wearing neckties.

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NCPCR orders shutting down of Darul Uloom Deoband’s website for issuing misleading, illegal fatwas on child rights issues

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2022

The child rights body has written to Saharanpur DM, to initiate action against the Deobandi school for publishing misleading fatwas on its website that violate Indian laws on rights of children.

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From banning music, co-education to barring female employees to join work, the Taliban is back to imposing restrictions on women

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2021

After promising rights of women in media interviews, the Taliban has started imposing restrictions on women in Afghanistan

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Bareilly Muslim organization issues diktat to boycott weddings where women ‘mingle with unknown men’ and ‘don’t wear full hijab’

OpIndia Staff - 12 March, 2021

Muslim fundamentalist organisations have issued many more such bizarre fatwas in the past as well

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“Sooar ki charbi haram hai”: Islamic organisations issue fatwa against coronavirus vaccines from China

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

Muslim scholars have called Covid-19 vaccine haram as it may have pork gelatin

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‘Muslims entering Al-Aqsa mosque through gates of Israel are traitor, they will only get spit of people’: Grand Mufti of Palestine issues Fatwa

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2020

The Palestine Authority has said that Muslims are not allowed to visit Al-Aqsa mosque through Israel using the recent Saudi-Israel peace deal

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West Bengal: Murshidabad village Fatwa bans music, lottery, watching TV, liquor, punishment includes fine and sit-ups

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2020

Fatwa against music, carom, lottery, watching TV and liquor issued in West Bengal village.

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‘New places of worship for other religions in Islamic country not allowed’: Fatwa issued against under-construction Hindu temple in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2020

Fatwa issued in Pakistan says that govt fund can't be used to construct places of worship of religions other than Islam

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Jharkhand: Masjid Imam issues fatwa against 75-year-old man denying burial for being ‘unIslamic’, being friendly with Hindus and visiting temples

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2020

A 75-year-old man Kariman Mian in Jharkhand was denied burial in the graveyard as the Iman of Makri Masjid, Zakir Ansari, issued a fatwa against him for his 'unIslamic' lifestyle.

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