Lahore: A cleric accused of blasphemy has been sentenced to death and given a 10-year prison term in Pakistan's Punjab province, the latest in a string of convictions under a controversial law. Soofi Mohammad Ishaq of Talagang town had been facing a charge of blasphemy since 2009. An additional sessions judge of Jhelum district sentenced Ishaq to death and 10 years' imprisonment on Monday. He was also fined Rs 2...
05:28 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi refused to put on a 'skull cap' offered by a Muslim cleric during his three-day 'Sadbhavana' fast here. Sayed Imam Shahi Saiyed, a cleric of a small Dargah in Pirana village on the outskirts of the city, had on Sunday gone up to the stage to greet the Chief Minister, at Gujarat University Convention hall here. He offered Modi a skull cap, but the...
04:48 PM, Sep 19, 2011
Jakarta: Indonesia's best-known radical cleric went on trial on charges of setting up a terror cell accused of plotting high-profile assassinations and attacks on foreigners in the world's most populous Muslim nation. Abu Bakar Bashir, 72, faces a maximum penalty of death if found guilty. "These charges against me are fabricated," the smiling, white-bearded cleric before arriving at the tightly guarded South Jakarta District Court in an armored personnel carrier....
09:12 PM, Feb 14, 2011
Karachi: Pakistani actress and model, Veena Malik broke down on national television when the host of a TV show, cleric Maulana Qavi grilled and castigated her for her behaviour on the Indian reality show, 'Bigg Boss 4'. The 32-year-old actress who earlier had a much publicised break-up with Pakistani cricketer Mohammed Asif, lashed out at her critics and clerics for degrading her, while appearing on a show on 'Express' channel....
06:22 PM, Jan 23, 2011
Indonesia's highest Islamic authority said its directive on the direction of Mecca actually had people facing Africa. ...
06:20 PM, Jul 16, 2010
Iranian authorities say, 17 protesters have been killed in a week of unrest. ...
12:58 PM, Jun 24, 2009
US Vice President Joe Biden said US studying situation in Iran carefully. ...
02:27 PM, Jun 15, 2009
ICCA regretted counting process was "widely engineered (manipulated)". ...
07:42 AM, Jun 14, 2009
21-yr-old Mohammad Shehzad was arrested after the boy complained. ...
09:02 PM, May 01, 2009
Maulana Abdul Aziz is expected to be released in the next few days. ...
06:46 PM, Apr 15, 2009
Muslim clerics annoyed with Mulayam Singh's clean chit to Kalyan Singh. ...
12:16 AM, Mar 18, 2009
Lucknow's Naib Imam Rasheed says patriotic Muslims want a happy nation. ...
03:06 PM, Dec 01, 2008
Wellington: New Zealand cricket captain Ross Taylor will miss the one-day international series against South Africa to continue his recovery from a calf injury. Taylor was injured while making a century in New Zealand's one-off Test against Zimbabwe last month but was thought likely to be fit for the three-match one-day series against the Proteas which starts on February 25. He has already been ruled out of the three-match Twenty20...
05:36 PM, Apr 24, 2008
New Delhi: Behold him or scold him, but you can't ignore him. That's India's second most successful skipper and the subject of cynical censure of late – Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The Ranchi high-flier's speed has been broken by England and rough treatment is being meted out to one who was a source of delight not too long ago. While some of that rebuke is justified, some is without any ground....
01:31 AM, Feb 27, 2008
Sydney: Australia captain Michael Clarke says his young team leaves for its tour of Sri Lanka determined to work its way up the world Test rankings, but acknowledges it will take some time. The 15-man squad, including uncapped players, pacemen Trent Copeland and James Pattinson, spinner Nathan Lyon and batsman Shaun Marsh — left Australia on Thursday for a three-Test series. Australia is No. 5 in the world Test rankings,...
11:56 AM, Feb 18, 2008
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