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Taliban order Imams to not let people flee Afghanistan, instruct using Friday namaz to counter ‘enemy propaganda’

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Taliban has reportedly told Imams across the country to talk to people during Friday prayers and persuade them not to flee.
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Bangladesh: Imam holds 14-year-old madarsa student captive for 2 days, rapes her multiple times

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Abul Bashar- an Imam in a local mosque at Chandina’s Teerchar confessed to his crimes during initial interrogation.
World

‘Made in Germany’ Imams to come up as country launches first Islamic training college, Turkish Muslim group upset

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Opposing the move, Milli Görüş a Turkish-Muslim group believes that the training of imams should be "free from external influences, especially political ones.”
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Karnataka: After VHP’s protest, govt withdraws decision to pay Muslim clerics from Hindu temple funds

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The VHP divisional secretary suggested that if the government wants to pay Muslim clerics, it should bring the mosques and madarsas of the Wakf Board under its own control and utilise their funds to benefit Imams.
Crime

Mob shouts ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans after Eid celebrations in UP’s Kannauj, Imam and 3 others arrested

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Uttar Pradesh police arrested four accused, including a local Muslim cleric (imam), for raising pro-Pakistan slogans in the Jalalabad area of Kannauj.
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UK: BBC criticised for ‘hostile’ interview of Zara Mohammed, the first female leader of British Muslim Council

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In the interview, the host Emma Barnett had confronted Mohammed on various issues of Islam, including the number of female imams in the country.
World

Uganda: Islamist mob attacks pastor and his wife, demolishes Church building. Here is what we know so far

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After the converted Imam joined Church service, the mob demolished parts of the Church, including the roof, windows, benches, musical instruments and doors.
News Reports

France to stop foreign Imams from entering the country in an effort to counter “Islamic extremism and separatism”

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French President Emmanuel Macron says foreign imams will not be allowed to enter the country after 2020
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Muslim cleric from Uganda discovers his ‘wife’ is a man after 2 weeks of marriage, Mosque suspends him to “preserve the integrity of their...

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A man had married a Muslim cleric in Uganda pretending to be woman to steal his money
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Uttar Pradesh: Imam amongst those arrested for hiding explosives inside mosque in Kushinagar, report suggests ‘something big’ was planned

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The others arrested are Izhar, Aashiq and Javed -- all residents of the Bairagi Patti village, said Vinod Kumar Mishra, SP (Kushinagar).
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