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Grand Ayatollah Fadlalllah's Remarks On The Circumcision Of Women
Circumcision of women is not an Islamic rule or permission; rather it was an Arab ritual before Islam. There are many Hadiths that connote the negative attitude of Islam as to this ritual. However, Islam did not forbid it at that time because it was not possible to suddenly forbid a ritual with strong roots in Arabic culture; rather it preferred to gradually express its negative opinions.
The General People’s Congress - What Is The History Behind?
The General People’s Congress (Al-Mu’tamar al-Sha’bi al-’Am) is a vestige of the pre-unification Yemen Arab Republic, formed in the context of feuding parties struggling for control within and between the northern and southern Yemeni states. Dialogue at high levels in government resulted in the promise of a National Charter (Mithaq Watani), to be arrived at by means of convening a General People’s Congress (Dresch, 2000, p. 154).
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) - The History Of The Party
In 2001, several members of the PML-N broke away from the party and formed the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q). Led by Mian Azhar and later Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the PML-Q came to be known as the “King’s party” because of its close affiliation and support for General Pervez Musharraf.
The Hirak Movement - What Happened In The Event?
The Southern Mobility Movement, known more simply as al-Hirak (“the Movement”), advocates for a return of the independence of south Yemen, although the movement lacks a cohesive vision of what such a return might look like.
The Houthis - Who Are They?
The Houthis, a group within the Zaydi Muslim community in Yemen, complain about discrimination and persecution by the Yemeni government. The roots of the Houthis can be traced to a Zaydi group called the Faithful Youth (al-Shabab al-Mu’min) that came to prominence in the aftermath of Yemen’s unification.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) - History Of Term
Given Nawaz Sharif’s close association with Zia (he served as finance minister and the Chief Minister of Punjab under him) his party has a strong religious orientation and ascribes to a conservative center-right ideology.
Mufti Desai Darul Uloom Abu Bakr South Africa Voicing Criticisms Amman Message
The Amman Message [see Institutions and Organizations listings for more information] is a document prepared and compiled after a meeting in Amman, upon the instigation of King Abdullah of Jordan.
Contested Sufi Electoral Parties: The Voice Of Freedom Party And The Liberation Of Egypt Party
Egyptian Muslims are frequently devotees of Sufism, a mystical interpretation of Islam generally catering to shrine veneration, popular cultic rituals, and close ties between a Sufi master (shaykh) and disciple (murid) There are some 77 Sufi orders (tarikas) throughout the country, involving some 10 million followers.
Fadlullah Lebanon Rules Female Genital Multilation Prohibited If It Negatively Affects Soul Body And The Sexual Abilities
The Religious Authority, Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, issued a Fatwa in which he considered all that causes harm to the soul, body, and sexual abilities of males or females, as prohibited acts.
Egyptian Al Shaab Party's Political Program - Principles To Be Protected
True recognition of the injustice and the oppression against the citizens on behalf of the former regime.Rejection of certain groups' exploitation of State resources and the division of these resources among them while the people struggles.The party thereupon declares justice, freedom, the Shurah, citizenship, and equality as higher principles that need to be protected and preserved from any change.
UAE: Pokemon Faced With Fatwa Against Gambling - It Also Promoted Violence
Religious committee members in the United Arab Emirates have issued a fatwa against the popular children's game Pokemon because of fears that it promotes gambling. The edict warned parents the Pokemon video game and cards were based on the betting principles of one side winning and the other losing. It added the game was also based on the theory of evolution, "a Jewish-Darwinist theory, that conflicts with the truth about humans and with Islamic principles".
Islam's Viewpoint On Cremation - The Answer From The Quran
In Islam, funeral rites and practices have been prescribed by the divine law, in accordance with the dictates of Allah. According to this law, beginning from the time of Prophet Adam until the last Prophet, Muhammad, peace and blessing be upon them all, burying the dead has been the prescribed method of conveying the deceased to their graves. We have no mention anywhere that cremation was acceptable in any of the previous dispensations from Allah.
About Islamopedia Online - The Mission, Support, And People Of Islamopedia Online
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The Al-Nour Party - The Famous Muslim Party In Egypt
The Al-Nour Party (Hizb Al-Nour) is a new political Salafi party that has been established in Egypt since the revolution. The party homepage states that they have established their party to combat the deep corruption in the executive and legislative braches, which led to enriching one group of people at the expense of all the Egyptian society.
Islam And Law After Unification Debates And Challenges
The two legal traditions were merged after the unification of Northern and Southern Yemen in 1991. Islam and law after unification debates and challenges are discussed below. Members of the Yemeni Socialist Party in the south and conservatives and Islamists in the north engaged in intense debates over family law.
Muhammad Saalih Al-Munajjid - Imam At The 'Umar Ibn Abd Al-'Aziz Mosque In Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Saalih al-Munajid (b. 1960, Haleb, Syria) is the Imam at the 'Umar ibn Abd al-'Aziz mosque in the city of Al-Khobar, Saudia Arabia, where he teaches and gives lectures in sharia (law) and dawa (preaching). Muhammad Saalih Al-Munajjid was the first person to launch a website representing Islam in Saudi Arabia. The site was launched in 1997 and included the now popular Q&A format. It has since been translated into numerous languages.
Scholars Debate Punishments For Homosexuality Giving Textual Citations
First of all, it should be clear that the man committed two heinous crimes: homosexuality, and murder. Each crime is sufficient to warrant death penalty. In addition, this man has severed ties of kinship by seducing and killing his nephew. The Glorious Qur'an is explicit in deciding the Hadd (legal penalty) for the crime of murder, when saying: "O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases of murder: …" (Al-Baqarah: 178) Homosexuality, moreover, is an abomination and a grave sin. In Hadith, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, clarifies the gravity of this abomination by saying: "Allah curses the one who does the actions (homosexual practices) of the people of Lut" repeating it three times; and he said in another Hadith: "If a man comes upon a man then they are both adulterers."
Standing Committee For Scholarly Research And Issuing Fatwas (Saudi Arabia)
The Standing Committee for Scholarly Research and Issuing Fatwas in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a scholarly committee which includes a number of senior scholars in Saudi Arabia. It has done a great deal of work in explaining rulings of Shariah to the people and issuing fatwas having to do with all aspects of life. Shaykh Ahmad ibn, Abd al-Razzaaq al-Duwaysh has compiled the fatwas issued by the committee, and the first group of them has appeared in 26 volumes; the second group has appeared in six volumes.