Fatwa

Fatwas: All that is wrong with Islam and the problem with Muslim liberals

Quran not just governs the spiritual life of a Muslim, it also regulates all facets of life, from as banal aspects as clothing, and appearance to law to death. And this power has been wielded via fatwas

Explained: What are fatwas and how dangerous can they be?

Fatwa, a legal decree or opinion on a point of Islamic law or practice, is usually given by a high-ranking Islamic religious leader. It is not necessarily violent in nature, but the word's association with the edict against author Salman Rushdie has made it synonymous with a death warrant

Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

Salman Rushdie was quickly surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, presumably to send more blood to his chest. His condition was not immediately known

NCPCR slams Darul Uloom Deoband: Hijab row and Deoband's past controversies over fatwas explained

The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has blamed Darul Uloom Deoband for the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, saying it forced young Muslim women to wear hijab in classrooms.

A historical and theological look at the sentiment against figural representations, caricatures in Islam

Most religious groups are highly reactionary to any insult hurting their belief system, but in Islam it is of particular concern when the images, portraits or sound of God and the Prophets are involved.

'Women and men eating together is un-Islamic' and other decrees issued by influential UP seminary Darul Uloom

Darul Uloom has also said that it was in fact 'illegitimate' to eat food while standing

Nail polish before namaaz is 'un-Islamic', use mehendi instead, claims latest fatwa from Darul Uloom Deoband

The Darul Uloom Deoband, one of the largest Islamic seminaries in India, is often in the news for issuing such fatwas.

Bareilly's Shahi Imam arrested for issuing fatwa on triple talaq victim, charged with threatening woman's religious sentiments

Bareilly's Shahar Imam has been arrested along with two others for issuing a fatwa against a triple talaq victim

Kabul bombing: 14 killed, 19 injured in attack on Afghan clerics; religious leaders had issued fatwa against suicide bombing

A suicide bombing targeted a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics on Monday in Kabul, killing at least 14 people and wounding 19, shortly after the clerics issued a fatwa against suicide bombings

Indian Muslims must heed Jordan's King Abdullah's message: Ending takfirism key to getting rid of radicalism

Jordan’s importance for Indian Muslims lies in an inclusivist non-takfiri (not accusing other Muslims of apostasy) interpretation of Islam which King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein championed through the Amman Message