At least 42 people were killed, including a senior Muslim cleric, and over 80 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in downtown Damascus on Thursday. A suicide bomber set off an explosive device at the mosque during a religious lesson being given by Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, a top Sunni Muslim preacher and long time supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, state-news agency SANA reported Thursday. ...
07:40 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Jaipur: A wedding in Rajasthan's Barmer town, over 550 km from Jaipur, witnessed high drama Friday when the maulavi (priest) refused to perform the marriage rituals after he saw women from the groom's side dancing in public. The maulavi objected to the dancing as he claimed that women were not allowed to dance in marriage processions in the area. The maulavi left without performing the wedding rituals. Later in the...
09:01 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Hyderabad: Police have arrested three people including a bridegroom and a Muslim cleric who used to solemnise marriages following a sting operation on contract marriages by IBN7. The Muslim cleric has been suspended by the Minority Commission and the police are also investigating the role of some others in the case. The cleric and his associates used to target girls from poor families and get them married for a few...
12:14 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Cairo: Some anti-American Muslim clerics have cast the deadly Superstorm Sandy as divine punishment for a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad or for other perceived ills of American society. The remarks by some on the fringe brought a backlash from other Muslims who said it was wrong to relish the suffering of others. In Egypt, one radical cleric described the hurricane as revenge from God for the crude, anti-Islam film...
02:21 AM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistani Christian girl, who was arrested on charges of blasphemy, was on Friday released against a bond of Rs 5 lakh. Rimsha Masih, a patient of Down's Syndrome, was accused by the cleric of a mosque in Islamabad of tearing the pages of the Quran. The court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, where a two-and-a-half-hour-long hearing on Friday morning was marked by noisy arguments between...
01:41 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Lucknow: Muslim religious leaders have now come forward to extend a helping hand to sadhus and seers who are campaigning for conservation of River Ganga. Maulana Saeedur Rehman, principal of Centre of Islamic studies, said that it is well known that Ganga is associated with the faith of Hindus but it is not any less important for Muslims. Terming the drive to clean the river as a "holy campaign", Rehman...
12:50 PM, Sep 02, 2012
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
While supporting Musharraf, clerics also sound a word of caution. ...
10:55 AM, Jul 13, 2007
Muslim clerics have reacted to Bollywood star Shabana Azmi's statement on Quran and women wearing veils. ...
04:27 PM, Oct 29, 2006
A top Muslim cleric has been barred from preaching for comparing immodestly dressed women to 'uncovered meat'. ...
09:10 PM, Oct 27, 2006
Top Muslim clerics have written a letter to Pope Benedict XVI accepting his apology on comments he made about Islam ...
10:22 PM, Oct 14, 2006
The Muslim cleric claimed 'defaulters' would have to take special vows to solemnise their marriages again. ...
05:56 PM, Sep 05, 2006
