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Case registered against Vedanti
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 www.rediff.com
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The police have registered a case against a former Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Ram Vilas Vedanti for allegedly issuing a 'fatwa' against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The case was registered against Vendanti on the basis of a complaint by one Dhananchezhian, who is a city resident.
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Cleric issues fatwa to blacken Taslima's face
Friday, August 10, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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A fatwa has been issued against controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen by a Muslim cleric Noorul Rahman Barkati. The cleric issued the fatwa to blacken the face of the author and also demanded that she be immediately expelled from India. Barkati also claimed that he had offered a reward of Rs 50,000 for anybody who would blacken Taslima's face.
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Taslima writing a sequel to Lajja
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 sify.com
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Controversial Bangladeshi author, Taslima Nasreen, is writing a sequel to her most controversial novel, Lajja, which is expected to hit the stands by the end of this year. Nasreen, already has a fatwa issued against her by Muslim extremists.
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Rushdie hasn't gone underground, says son
Monday, July 02, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs , Religion
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Critically-acclaimed author, Salman Rushdie has not gone into hiding again, his son has stated. The controversial author, who was recently knighted, drew the wrath of the Islamic world following his controversial book,'The Satanic Verses'.
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Rushdie: No Comments
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 www.telegraphindia.com
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Salman Rushdie, whose knighthood, has led to a furore and sparked widespread protests in different parts of the world, has chosen to avoid commenting on the issue. Rushdie, who has a Fatwa issued against him for his book 'The Satanic Verses' by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has lived in hiding for a decade.
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Knighthood row: Straw enters the fray
Saturday, June 23, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons, has entered the Salman Rushdie knighthood row by saying that he understood the concerns and sensitivity of the Muslim community, but added there was no justification for a new fatwa against the controversial author.
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Pakistan's Punjab Speaker baying for Rushdie's blood
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.ptinews.com
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Enraged by the UK's decision to knight controversial India-born author Salman Rushdie whose work has infuriated Muslims across the world, the Speaker of Pakistan's Punjab provincial assembly, Afzal Sahi,said that any person committing blasphemy against the Holy Prophet was liable to be killed and that he would definitely kill the blasphemer if he came across him today.
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Pak minister to file lawsuit against clerics
Friday, June 22, 2007 203.197.197.71
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Pakistan’s former tourism minister, Nilofar Bakhtiar has served a legal notice on the Lal Masjid Shariah Court Mufti to apologise for his ‘unlawful’ Fatwa (edict) against her within a week or be prepared for a legal action.
Nilofar Bakhtiar had to quit as minister amid pressure from the Islamist groups who termed as act of hugging a person after a successful parajump in France, a few months back
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Pak cleric issues fatwa to kill Rushdie
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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The prayer leader of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi,has issued a fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie, the India-born author who was recently knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Ghazi said whoever kills Rushdie would secure a place in paradise. . He said: "Salman Rushdie deserves to be killed, and anyone who is in a position to do so must eliminate him physically.”
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'Fatwa' issued against caste-based reservation in AP
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Social Issues , Religion
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The Muslim United Action Committee and other Muslim organisations on Wednesday issued a 'fatwa', opposing the Andhra Pradesh Government's move to provide reservation to Muslims in education and government jobs on the basis of caste.
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