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Scholar accuses Saudis of showing 'decadent' TV

A Saudi religious scholar is accusing a royal tycoon and another Saudi businessman of being as dangerous as drug dealers because the TV channels they own broadcast movies.

Arabs denounce cleric's fatwa on 'immoral' TV

Arabs across the ideological spectrum, from secular-minded liberals to Muslim hard-liners, are denouncing a top Saudi cleric's edict that it was permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that show "immoral" content.

Saudi: OK to kill owners of 'immoral' TV networks

Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.

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Limbaugh, lemmings and the "Oxycodone ate my brain" line of defense.
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Seems like Oxycodone still rules Rush's brain. And to the FCC, bring civility back to the talk show hosts on radio and TV. Is it time to cut the legs out from under the right wing media and their distortions?

From Fatwa to Jihad
Source: KenanMalik.com

Originally, the idea was that the imported labor (Pakistani muslims) would be shipped back home if ever it became surplus to requirements. The opposite happened: each immigrant established a beachhead for others.

Egyptian Muslims: It Is a Sin to Build a Church
Source: Arutz Sheva News Briefs

The Egyptian Muslim Council has shocked Christians with a new religious edict (Fatwa) stating, "A Muslim who leaves a will for building a Church is committing a sin against God, just as if he left his inheritance for building a nightclub, a gambling casino, or building a barn for …

Grand Ayatollah Montazeri Fatwa
Source: Tehran Bureau

Grand Ayatollah Montazeri's Fatwa: an Unfair Supreme Leader is Illegitimate By MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles | 12 July 2009

Village woman mercilessly whipped after fatwa is issued against her
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Dhaka (Asia News) – Rahima Akter, a woman from Noagon (Daudkandi sub-district, eastern Bangladesh), was mercilessly whipped until she lost consciousness after she dared to file a paternity claim against a married man with children.

Indonesian clerics want rules for Facebook
Source: Guardian Unlimited

"Muslim clerics are seeking ways to regulate online behavior in Indonesia, saying the exploding popularity of social networking sites like Facebook could encourage illicit sex.

US Representative Miller is enemy of Colombia: vice-President
Source: colombiareports.com

U.S. Representative George Miller (D-CA) is an enemy of Colombia, the country's vice-President Francisco Santos said Thursday.

Rushdie's Fatwa: 20 Years Later
Source: artoriuscastus.wordpress.com

More Islamic nonsense

Muslim minds need to open up
Source: The Herald

There is precious little difference between the three major monotheistic faiths--Chrstianity, Judaism and Islam . However, Islam is in serious need of reforms.

Malaysia's Muslims banned from yoga
Source: news.sbs.com.au

Malaysia's top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys has issued an edict prohibiting Muslims from practising yoga, saying they could be corrupted by elements of Hinduism in the exercise.

Malaysian Islamic party slams protests over lesbian sex ban
Source: Google

Malaysia's hardline Islamic party has hit out at criticism of a "fatwa" or religious ban on lesbian sex, reports said Tuesday, after civil society groups held street protests over the decision.

Egypt sheikh backs women's right to beat husbands
Source: Yahoo! News

Sunni Islam's highest authority has approved a woman's right to fight back if her husband uses violence against her, Egypt's Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper reported on Monday. The declaration by Sheikh Abdel Hamid al-Atrash, who heads Al-Azhar University's committee for fatwas or re …

PA fatwa condemns Arab voters in J'lem
Source: JPost.com

"The Palestinian Authority's chief Islamic judge, Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, published a fatwa on Saturday banning Arab residents of Jerusalem from participating in the upcoming municipal election.

The Fatwa Archive of Islamtoday.com
Source: islamtoday.com

Fatwa Archive

Flirting with Palin earns Pakistani President a Fatwa
Source: Christian Science Monitor

After the flirtation came the fatwa. With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations, Asif Ali Zardari has succeeded in uniting one of Pakistan's hard-line mosques and its feminists after a few weeks in office.

UK: Guide dog allowed to enter mosque
Source: Google

Blind Mahomed-Abraar Khatri, 18, can now enter his place of worship in Leicester with canine companion Vargo after the Muslim Law (Shari'ah) Council UK issued a historic fatwa in response to his request.

Micky Mouse faces Fatwa.
Source: Daily Express

Mickey Mouse is a soldier of satan and must die, says a Muslim cleric. Tom and Jerry have also incurred the wrath of Sheikh Muhammad Munajid who fears they are corrupting Islamic youth.

Homosexuality - punishable by death?
Source: Aftenposten Nettutgave

The Norwegian Islamic Council is still waiting for a reply from the European Fatwa Council before it decides whether or not it is in favour of the death penalty for homosexuality. "Unacceptable," says lesbian Sara Asmeh Rasmussen. ...

Fatwa against terrorism
Source: New Statesman Contents

"In Islam, creating social discord or disorder, breach of peace, rioting, bloodshed, pillage or plunder and killing of innocent persons anywhere in the world are all considered most inhuman crimes."

Shiite Cleric al-Sistani Forbids Iraqis From Selling Food To Americans
Source: The Huffington Post

Dick Cheney infamously said in March of 2003 that when the U.S. invades Iraq, "we will be greeted as liberators." As the Iraq War enters its 6th year, Cheney's assertion has been shown to be clearly false, with the U.S.

Fatwa: Building Churches Allowed: Qaradawi
Source: islamonline.net

DOHA — Prominent scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi approves building churches for Christian citizens of or residents in Muslim countries to meet their needs just as Muslims are being allowed to build mosques in the West.

U.S. Muslim Religious Council Issued Fatwa Against Terrorism in 2005
Source: interfaithnews.net

The Fiqh Council of North America wishes to reaffirm Islam's absolute condemnation of terrorism and religious extremism.

Great Schism-"Taliban" declared "out of Islam" by 73 different sects of Muslims through an edict (Fatwa)

Breaking news ( credit agencies) coming from the Tribal belt, unprecedented censure of Taliban

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