Now Photography is Unlawful and Sin: a Fatwa says

Now what do you say to this Fatwa by a Islamic seminary Darul Uloom which has said that Photography is Unlawful and Sin. As per a Report:

India's leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom has issued a fatwa, saying "photography is unlawful and a sin", even though Saudi Arabia allows photographers inside the holy city of Mecca and live telecast of 'namaz' is beamed on Islamic channels across the world. Read more......... Now Photography is Unlawful and Sin: a Fatwa says

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Now a Fatwa says Donating Blood Un-Islamic

Muzaffarnagar/New Delhi In a potentially controversial decree, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said that donation of blood and body parts was against the tenets of Islam, but observed that giving blood to save the life of a near and dear one was acceptable.

However, the opinion of the prominent Islamic seminary has not gone down well with several Muslim intellectuals who have asserted that religious bodies have already stated that there was no (no) problem with blood donation. Read More................Darul fatwa says donating blood un-Islamic

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'Excise portfolio for Muslim against Islam'

Excise minister of Bihar State, Jamshed Ashraf has been asked by the amir (head cleric) of Imarate Sharia, one of the largest Islamic bodies of Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa, to change his ministry.

The reason put forth by Haji Mohd Nizammuddin is that anything which concerns alcohol is "unislamic". Read more.................'Excise portfolio for Muslim against Islam'

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Web Cam / Internet Weddings are Islamic

Darul Uloom - Deoband, one of the oldest and prestigious Islamic seminaries in the world at Deoband has issued a Fatwa / Decree in India as per which it sanctions the Islamic weddings that take place over the Internet via web cam or Internet nikahs. The fatwa was declared after two couples got married over the Internet.

One of the head clerics at Deoband said: "The Internet assumes the role of a lawyer in such cases and is, therefore, competent to formally supervise the "Ijaab" (offer of marriage) and "Qabool" (acceptance) made by the bride and bridegroom."

Pl. note that earlier the same Islamic seminary has issued the Fatwas like Mobile ringtones are un-islamic, read "Quran Verses As Ringtones, Not Allowed". Then recently they declared Suicide is 'Un-Islamic'. Then there was Co-education system is “unlawful” as such an arrangement in colleges and universities spawn a “number of evils”. As per this decree boys & girls cannot study in the same college / university.

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Suicide is 'Un-Islamic'

It seems Muslim religious leaders / Muslim clerics in India are in the habit of issuing edicts which may seem at time ridiculous. Take the case of this Edict / Fatwa which terms the Suicide as 'Un-Islamic'!!!! In the Kashmir Valley in Indian state of India, in the wake of a spurt in suicides, a top Muslim cleric in the state termed suicide as "un-Islamic" and sought awareness among people to "curb the menace."

"It (suicide) is haram (forbidden) in Islam. Islam has strictly prohibited such a step," the state's grand mufti Bashir-ud-Din said in a fatwa.

The mufti took serious note of the cases of suicides, 116 since last year, and urged Muslim clerics to create awareness to curb this menace during their Friday sermons.
The decree came as the apex court of Islamic 'Shariat' (Dar-ul-Fatwa), headed by the mufti, felt that there has been a sharp increase in suicides in the Kashmir Valley with mostly younger persons, including women, taking the extreme step.

According to official figures, 116 people have committed suicide since 2006 in the Kashmir Valley, including 55 this year.

Out of 61 people who committed suicide last year, 43 were young and middle-aged women. This year too, of the 42 cases, 25 were women.

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