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• The history of dueling fatwas may be com…

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 453
  The history of dueling fatwas may be coming to an end. Nearly a year after Saudi King Abdullah warned religious scholars that issuing careless fatwas gives extremists credibility as religious experts, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call, Guidance and Endowment has finally said enough is enough. Recently the ...
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• Vande Mataram- The Controversy

  
  TechBanyan — Authority: 594
  “Singing of Vande Mata Ram is a prayer and against Islamic law as Muslims cannot offer prayers to anyone except Allah. Muslims should not sing Vande Mataram.”This was the fatwa declared by Mufti Ehsan kazmi the deputy-in-charge of Darul Uloom, during the 30th general session  of Jamait-Ulema-e-Hind held on the ...
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• ‘Ulemas won’t stop Muslims from singing Vande Mataram’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) In a bid to tone down the row over its fatwa against the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’, clerics from the Deoband Islamic seminary have said they won’t stop Muslims from singing the national song but the fatwa would stay.The climbdown comes after some clerics from Darul Uloom Deoband met ...
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• Reasonable Accommodation

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 134
  Spreading intolerance, one fatwa at a time Tarek Fatah, founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress. For some time now, I have been following the questions posed by Muslim youth and the responses (fatwas) issued by such Saudi-based clerics. It is fascinating to see how medieval-minded scholars serving a dictatorial ...
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• Fatwa Time

  
  ????????? ?('~`;)? — Authority: 479
  A “what if” artwork of K-On! by Dark Steno . The term “Fatwa Time” was coined by me after looking at his Last.FM status and seeing him looping the song “Fuwa Fuwa Time” repeatedly. As at the time I was really in a moment of extreme stress, I mistakenly saw it as “Fatwa Time”…
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• Baba Ramdev condemns Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s anti-Bihar remark

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Mathura, Nov. 7 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday slammed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan for stating that migrant labourers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh would not be welcomed to work in his state.“The Constitution of India has given right to every citizen of the country to migrate and ...
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• ‘2012′ maker destroys Vatican, Jesus, but leaves shrine in Mecca alone due to fear of Fatwa

  
  Command the Raven — Authority: 148
  From WNDThe maker of the upcoming apocalyptic film “2012″ has conceded he enjoyed orchestrating the visual disintegration of the world’s religious symbols, such as the Vatican and the famous statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro.But he left an Islamic symbol alone because he feared the reaction from the ...
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• ‘2012′ maker destroys Vatican, Jesus, but leaves shrine

  
  Jesus Lives! — Authority: 446
  From WND The maker of the upcoming apocalyptic film “2012″ has conceded he enjoyed orchestrating the visual disintegration of the world’s religious symbols, such as the Vatican and the famous statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro. But he left an Islamic symbol alone because he feared the reaction from ...
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• Filmmaker Fears Fatwa, Opts to Destroy Statue of Christ the Redeemer Instead of Muslim Holy Place

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 556
  Inevitably, it seems, films about the end of the world generate much discussion — and, often, controversy. Five months ago, hype about the soon-to-be-released disaster film, 2012 (trailer below), prompted me to publish a piece under the headline, How Would the Governments of Our Planet Prepare Six Billion ...
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• Daily Gut: Where are Roland Emmerich’s Balls?

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 814
  So Roland Emmerich’s new movie is called “2012,” but it should be titled “Dude, Where’s my Balls.” In the flick, the director enlists every CGI trick in the book to destroy various religious icons– including the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Christ the Redeemer statue. And for those of ...
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• Afraid of fatwa – one location is spared in the movie 2012

  
  Filmy Fair — Authority: 541
  There is one place that gets spared in the end-of-the-world flick ‘2012.’ It’s not St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. It’s not the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio. … Keep Reading »
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• Javed Akhtar On The Fatwa Against Vande Mataram

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  By Subhash K JhaDismissing the ‘fatwa’ by Jamait-e-Ulema Hind against Vande Mataram, renowned lyricist, poet and film scriptwriter Javed Akhtar says, “This controversy is old and obsolete. Vande Mataram is part of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Anandamath. All the villains in this novel are Muslims. ...
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• Far right embraces fatwas

  
  Lancaster Unity — Authority: 565
  The English Defence League claims to protest against threats and intimidation – yet one of its organisers has issued a fatwa The English Defence League (EDL) claims it is a non-racist, multicultural organisation engaged in "peaceful" protests against Muslim extremism. If thats the case could someone please explain ...
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• Women muftis by end of 2010

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 590
  DUBAI: The UAE will appoint what are likely to be the world’s first state-sanctioned female muftis next year, after the Grand Mufti announced details yesterday of plans to recruit and train them. Six Emirati women are being considered for the training programme, said Dr Ahmed al Haddad, who is also the head ...
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• No resolution passed during Chidambaram’s visit to Deoband

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): No resolution was passed during Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s visit to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) conference at Deoband on Tuesday.According to Home Ministry statement, no resolution was passed during that period. When he spoke, he was not aware of any resolution relating to Vande Mataram ...
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• Fatwa against Vande Mataram.

  
  News You Can't Use ! — Authority: 133
  Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, a top Muslim body recently declared that Vande Mataram was un-Islamic : Jamait-e-Ulema Hind or the JEU on Tuesday issued a fatwa against singing national song ‘Vande Mataram’. According to a resolution, Muslims should not sing ‘Vande Mataram’ as its reciting is against the Islam. The ...
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• Andrew Bolt: Blow up the harmless Christians instead

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 590
  The message is that the most savage faiths will win Hollywood’s respect. Roland Emmerich, director of Independence Day , and The Day After Tomorrow , said he’s had second thoughts about his latest film: For his latest disaster movie, 2012, the 53-year-old director had wanted to demolish the ...
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• Fear of fatwa axed disaster scene from film “2012″

  
  Eideard — Authority: 490
  Fear of Fatwa censored movie script - 2012.
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• Give up arms, Muslim clerics tell terrorists and Maoists (Roundup)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 3 (IANS) Terrorists and Maoists were urged Tuesday to give up arms by a mass gathering of Muslim clerics at India’s oldest Islamic seminary here, prompting Home Minister P. Chidambaram to applaud the move “as a call to duty … to all right thinking people”.Addressing an estimated ...
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• Fatwa issued against Vande Mataram

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 152
  Jamait-e-Ulema Hind or the JEU on Tuesday issued a fatwa against singing the Indian national song ‘Vande Mataram’. According to a resolution, Muslims should not sing Vande Mataram as its reciting is against the Islam. The resolution, which was passed at the Deoband national convention meet, says that Muslims ...
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