Fatwa against chanting of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' issued by Darul Uloom Deoband

In a move that’s sure to evoke criticism, the Darul Ifta, the fatwa department of the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom of Deoband, has issued a fatwa against the chanting of ‘Bharat Mata ki......

Acting in movies un-Islamic: Darul Uloom Deoband

What is the religious sanction behind a fatwa and how does the fatwa-issuing cleric ensure that the ruling is enforced? This is the question that arose when the country's oldest Islamic seminary......

Darul Uloom Deoband against legalising gay sex

A leading Islamic seminary on Monday opposed Centre's move to repeal a controversial section of the penal law which criminalises homosexuality, saying unnatural sex is against the tenets of Islam.......

Why Pak maulana visited Deoband seminary

The two-day India visit by Islamic hardliner and Pakistan's Jamiat-ul-Islami chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman is believed to be aimed at reinforcing the anti-Vastanvi forces at the Darul-Uloom Deoband......