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Protesters tried to break the gates of local eparchy chief’s residence in southeastern Ukraine. The group was angry over his opposition to the split from the Russian Orthodox Church. Demonstrators descended on the residence of Metropolitan Ephraim in Kryvyi Rih on Saturday, according to Ukrainian Orthodox Church website. The statement described the group, comprised of […]
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have announced that their political blocs will enter into an alliance. The move between Abadi’s Victory Alliance and Sadr’s Saeroon will “cross sectarian and ethnic divisions,” the leaders said during a news conference on Saturday. It remains unclear whether the two parties will be working […]
An Indonesian court has sentenced to death Aman Abdurrahman, a cleric considered to be the ideological leader of Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, the Indonesian supporters of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). He was convicted of masterminding several militant attacks across the country, Reuters reported. Let’s block ads! (Why?)
Published time: 18 Dec, 2017 18:37 In an effort to get Muslim men to grow out their facial hair, a Muslim preacher has claimed that clean-shaven men with long hair “cannot be distinguished from women,” which can cause “indecent thoughts” to occur between males. “Men should grow beards. One of the two body parts that […]
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Turkey is dismissing a report that Turkish officials discussed a plot to have a US-based Muslim cleric kidnapped. The plot is said to have involved Michael Flynn, the former US National Security Adviser who is under the scrutiny of special counsel Robert Mueller. Turkey blames the cleric for a 2016 military coup attempt. […]
YouTube’s efforts to catch and take down terrorist videos include some far-reaching measures. The New York Times has learned that YouTube recently removed and blocked all videos from Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric who turned extremist and was killed by an American drone strike in 2011. While it’s only his later clips that technically run afoul […]
Published time: 12 Nov, 2017 16:01 Turkey’s Embassy in the US has dismissed recent media reports of Ankara allegedly conspiring with former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to “seize” the elusive cleric Fethullah Gulen from the US. The Wall Street Journal reported that an investigation into Turkey offering up to $ 15 million to […]
Published time: 15 Sep, 2017 14:50 A Saudi cleric has issued a fatwa on birthdays, claiming the celebrations are too costly. Advisor to the Royal Court Abdullah al-Mutlaq announced the ban on state television, blowing out the candles on those eager to mark their annual milestone. “We do not want to open up that door […]
Published time: 30 May, 2017 21:09 The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, said that the Muslim preachers who have been recently approving singing and listening to music by worshipers were being insubordinate, local media report. Abdul Aziz Al ash-Sheikh said that such “recalcitrant” preachers went against their own convictions, by […]
TURKISH president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using the failed coup attempt as a cover for a dictatorship, a major opponent of the leader has claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
