Fatwa issued against Indian army for mosque renovations
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A top Muslim cleric has issued an edict against the Indian army for renovating mosques in Indian Kashmir and urged Muslims to resist such moves &quot;tooth and nail.&quot;
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Muslim are angry at a police ban on women in Zanzibar driving whilst wearing veils, saying it is discriminatory.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - The fate of a radical Shi'ite  rebellion in the holy city of Najaf was uncertain Friday amid  disputed reports that Iraqi police had gained control of the  Imam Ali Mosque.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to rebel Shi'ite  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were firmly in control of Najaf's Imam  Ali mosque on Saturday, giving the lie to government claims  that police had taken control of the shrine.
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Board cites traffic, water concerns in deciding against Muslim sect's proposal.
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Officials are considering an unprecedented proposal to ban women from performing the five Muslim prayers in the immediate vicinity of Islam's most sacred shrine in Mecca. Some say women are already being kept away.
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Pakistan on Monday condemned Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie as an affront to Muslim sentiments, and a Cabinet minister said the honor provided a justification for suicide attacks.
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A radical Pakistani mosque Saturday threatened forceful retaliation if the government launches an operation against it after President Pervez Musharraf said it housed suicide bombers.
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Muslim clerics at a leading seminary in India have asked people to refrain from using verses from the Quran as ringtones for their mobile phones, saying the practice was un-Islamic.
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Christians and Muslims in India's Gujarat state are angry at an amendment to religious conversion laws.
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A leader of an alliance of Pakistani religious parties condemned on Friday an army assault on a radical mosque, which he described as the darkest chapter in the country's history, and called for protests.
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Muslim organizations in Britain condemned the US-led assault on the Iraqi rebel stronghold of Fallujah, describing the offensive as a &quot;ghastly&quot; counterproductive move to pro-democracy efforts.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - The fate of a radical Shi'ite  rebellion in the holy city of Najaf was uncertain on Friday  amid disputed reports that Iraqi police had gained control of  the Imam Ali Mosque.
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Religious and political leaders say that there is a crisis in Islam because too many fatwas are being issued.
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In an effort to oust Islamic radicals holed up in an Islamabad mosque, Pakistani officials have cut off water, gas, electricity, and 12 telephones, while troops blasted holes in the mosque's walls to free women and children inside.
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A suicide bomber Saturday killed 18 troops after this week&#39;s deadly raid on a hardline mosque, as Pakistan&#39;s embattled military leader also faced pressure from pro-democracy protesters.
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Police have said they are looking at Hindu or Muslim extremist groups in the investigation of blasts that killed 31 outside a mosque in western India but that the probe had made little headway.