A case of Mullah-Moolah in Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
Posted on 09/18/2006 1:03:40 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
Two Muslim clerics purportedly caught on camera allegedly taking bribes for declaring fatwas were suspended as ulemas on Monday, decided to form a body to monitor issuance of religious edicts. All India Milli Council set up an inquiry committee and announced "a social boycott" of those involved in the fatwas racket.
Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband suspended Mufti Habibur Rehman and Meerut's Shahi Jama Masjid removed Maulana Imran following reports that they were seen accepting the money in return for issuing fatwas.
Darul Uloom Vice-Chancellor Marghoobur Rehman said a four-member panel would investigate the matter and if found guilty Habibur would be dismissed. "It may be a conspiracy to malign the image of this world-famous seminary," he said.
Senior clerics of the seminary asked the community to seek fatwas from reliable institutions to ensure its legality.
Meerut Naib Qazi Jenur Rashideen told reporters that Imran had been removed from the mosque's clergy and also asked to leave Nakkarchian-Gudri Bazar locality,
In a late night meeting attended by ulemas and qazis, the mosque management decided to soon set up a body, "Darul Ifta", to monitor the declaring of fatwas, he said.
Rashideen said prominent clerics would be members of the body managed by him. An 11-member committee had also been constituted to probe the fatwa racket with Haji Haneef Qureshi as convenor. Maulana Asad Jilani and Qazi Shafiqul Rehman were among its members, he said.
A case of Mullah-Moolah in Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
Now I know what mullah means! Thanks!
Wonder how long it takes to declare a "Day of Rage" or a Fatwa on the whistle-blower? They won't get away with this.
You know, cut a deal with PayPal.
Take out a website: www.YouFatwa.com
Run infomercials at 2 a.m. on it.
Very interesting.
Sort of like the selling of indulgences back in Martin Luther's day.
That's hilarious.
Kinda, but not quite. I think it would be more like paying off a judge. A Fatwah is a ruling.
Thought he played for the Sixers.
that, instead of promising virgins in heaven--
promises 'eternal damnation and rotting in hell forever' to anyone muslim that murders innocent people in the name of Islam?
I had to look up ulema:
OO luh mah = body of mullahs
Main Entry: ule·ma
Variant(s): or ula·ma /"ü-l&-'mä/
Function: noun
Etymology: Arabic, Turkish, & Persian; Turkish & Persian 'ulemA, from Arabic 'ulamA
1 plural in construction : the body of mullahs
2 : MULLAH
Really? When you bought an indulgence you got somebody killed?
'Brides-For-Fatwas'...
Selling religious sanction for money. Ungodly for whatever reason.
What kind of a world are we living in where you can't even buy a decent jihad these days?
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