Tag: Fatwa
Iraqi Islamic council sets out case for fatwa against Hamas
A clerical body in Iraq that recently issued a groundbreaking fatwa—a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law—against Hamas for oppressing the Palestinians in Gaza, on Thursday released a stinging indictment of the...
Iran denies responsibility for Rushdie knifing, Blinken decries continued incitement of violence
Iranian government officials denied that they were responsible for the brutal stabbing of internationally acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie on Monday, instead laying the blame on him.
“Regarding the attack against Salman Rushdie in America, we don’t consider...
Friedman demands PA release American charged with selling land to Jews
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman took to Twitter on Wednesday to call for the immediate release of a Palestinian American who was imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority for engaging in a real estate...
Palestinian Authority arrests American citizen for helping Arab sell house to Jews
A Palestinian-American citizen’s family reached out to the U.S. State Department for help after being arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces for his role in selling an Arab-owned house in the Old City of...
Jerusalem mufti issues ‘fatwa’ forbidding Muslims to sell land to Jews
Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the Palestinian mufti of Jerusalem, issued an edict on Tuesday calling the “land of Palestine” an inalienable religious endowment forbidden to sell to “the enemies” under the pain of being labeled...