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What Iran's Clerical Hierarchy Looks Like After Khamenei's Death
Originating from the Arabic and Persian languages, the term Ayatollah symbolises a sign of god or religious authority. The title is granted to high-ranking clerics in Shia Islam to demonstrate their advanced theological knowledge in the community.
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Why Regime Change In Iran Could Hurt India, But Benefit Pakistan, China
As Iran's clerical leadership struggles to contain protests fuelled by economic hardship and political fatigue, India is watching events unfold with quiet unease.
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Home Ministry Bans Mirwaiz Farooq's Awami Action Committee For 5 Years
The Awami Action Committee, headed by Kashmir's influential cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen, led by Shia leader Masroor Abbas Ansari, were banned by the Centre for their alleged anti-national activities.
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Shia Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow Hospital
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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Muslim Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow At 83
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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UP Shia, Sunni Boards Ask People Not To Visit Graveyards On Shab-E-Barat
Muslim clerics have asked people in Uttar Pradesh not to visit graveyards on the forthcoming occasion of Shab-e-Barat in view of the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Azam Khan Was Expelled From AMU For Misbehaving With Woman, Claims Cleric
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who was recently made to apologise for his derogatory behaviour towards a presiding officer in the Lok Sabha, was rusticated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman.
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Muslims Safest Under PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath Governments, Claims Shia Cleric
Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad has praised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for their "outreach to the minorities" and said that the Muslims were safest under their rule.
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'Allah Is Owner Of Mosques': AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Clerics' Body
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said mosques cannot be handed over to anybody simply because a religious cleric says so, as Allah owns the places of worship.
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Shia Personal Law Board Wants Triple Talaq To Go, Says Outlaw Cow Slaughter Too
Days after a top cleric of Ajmer Sharif Dargah called for an end to triple talaq and cow slaughter, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has weighed in, supporting calls for ending the practice of triple talaq that was destroying families.
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What Iran's Clerical Hierarchy Looks Like After Khamenei's Death
Originating from the Arabic and Persian languages, the term Ayatollah symbolises a sign of god or religious authority. The title is granted to high-ranking clerics in Shia Islam to demonstrate their advanced theological knowledge in the community.
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Why Regime Change In Iran Could Hurt India, But Benefit Pakistan, China
As Iran's clerical leadership struggles to contain protests fuelled by economic hardship and political fatigue, India is watching events unfold with quiet unease.
-
Home Ministry Bans Mirwaiz Farooq's Awami Action Committee For 5 Years
The Awami Action Committee, headed by Kashmir's influential cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen, led by Shia leader Masroor Abbas Ansari, were banned by the Centre for their alleged anti-national activities.
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Shia Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow Hospital
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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Muslim Cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq Dies In Lucknow At 83
Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Tuesday. He was 83.
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UP Shia, Sunni Boards Ask People Not To Visit Graveyards On Shab-E-Barat
Muslim clerics have asked people in Uttar Pradesh not to visit graveyards on the forthcoming occasion of Shab-e-Barat in view of the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Azam Khan Was Expelled From AMU For Misbehaving With Woman, Claims Cleric
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who was recently made to apologise for his derogatory behaviour towards a presiding officer in the Lok Sabha, was rusticated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman.
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Muslims Safest Under PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath Governments, Claims Shia Cleric
Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad has praised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for their "outreach to the minorities" and said that the Muslims were safest under their rule.
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'Allah Is Owner Of Mosques': AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Clerics' Body
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said mosques cannot be handed over to anybody simply because a religious cleric says so, as Allah owns the places of worship.
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Shia Personal Law Board Wants Triple Talaq To Go, Says Outlaw Cow Slaughter Too
Days after a top cleric of Ajmer Sharif Dargah called for an end to triple talaq and cow slaughter, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has weighed in, supporting calls for ending the practice of triple talaq that was destroying families.
