Female Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Marital Rape
The world’s largest gathering of female Muslim clerics in Indonesia issued a fatwa Thursday that declare marital rape haram — or forbidden —under Islamic law and urged the government to make it illegal. The Indonesian Women’s Ulama Congress (KUPI2017) issued three fatwas — Islamic legal pronouncements that are typically issued by Muslim clerics . The […]
Mauritania: Muslim Leaders Call Blogger to Be Executed
An influential group of Muslim clerics has called for the execution of a blogger sentenced to death in 2014 for apostasy, despite calls for clemency by human rights organizations. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, 29, posted a blog in December 2013 that critiqued connections between Islam and class discrimination in Mauritania, a conservative Islamic republic.
Militancy, extremism in Islam’s name forbidden: Fatwa
Over 1 lakh Islamic scholars on Saturday issued a fatwa (edict) declaring militancy and extremism in the name of Islam ‘forbidden’. The ‘fatwa’ signed by some 101,524 Islamic scholars belonging to Bangladesh Jamiatul Ulama is comprised of 26 volumes for divisional cities and four more signed by women scholars. Chairman of ‘Bangladesh Jamiatul Ulama’ and […]
Saudi grand mufti says playing chess is forbidden in Islam
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti Sheikh Abdullah al-Sheikh during a television program said playing chess is forbidden in Islam, British newspaper The Guardian reported. Responding to a question on a television show in which he issues fatwas (religious decrees) after listening to viewers’ questions, Sheikh said playing the board game is haram’ (forbidden) as it encourages […]