Tag Archives: Fatwa

Diyanet is the highest religious authority in Turkey and the final authority in interpretation of Islam. It controls the country’s 85,000 mosques.  Recently the authority issued a fatwa – an interpretation of Islamic rules – which created intense debate.  To a question from a believer, Diyanet replied that from an Islamic view it had no impact on a marriage “if ...

Sheikh Muhammad Munajid, claimed the mouse is “one of Satan’s soldiers” and makes everything it touches impure, The Telegraph reports. [6] But he warned that like all devilish creatures depictions of the creature in cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, and Disney’s Mickey Mouse, had taught children that it was in fact loveable.  [1] [6]  The cleric, a former diplomat ...

The list was originally published in a 2013 edition of Inspire, al-Qaeda’s leading English-speaking magazine, under the heading “Wanted, dead or alive for crimes against Islam.” In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo’s attack, the hit list resurfaced on Twitter last week. French editor Stephane Charbonnier’s picture appears to be lower than Jones, who’s listed at No. 2. Chillingly, the infamous ...

Snowmen are Blasphemous Snow has covered upland areas of Tabuk province near Saudi Arabia’s border with Jordan for the third consecutive year as cold weather swept across the Middle East.  A recent snowfall in the middle eastern country saw Saudis eagerly building snowmen and even snow camels.  With snow covering the highland areas of Tabuk province in Saudi Arabia, there’s ...

Just to show how ridiculous those religious authorities can be when they put themselves to the task.  Believe it or not, a fatwa committee under the United Arab Emirates’ General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment has issued a proclamation against travel to Mars, shattering the dreams of hundreds of aspiring Emirati Muslim astronauts. Well, maybe not that many.  Anyway!  ...