09-19-2006, 12:09 AM
<b>Fatwa racket: 2 UP clerics suspended</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->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. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<b> ulemas and qazis</b>, the mosque management decided to soon set up a body, "Darul Ifta", to monitor the declaring of fatwas, he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is India a secular country or Islamic state ?
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. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<b> ulemas and qazis</b>, the mosque management decided to soon set up a body, "Darul Ifta", to monitor the declaring of fatwas, he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is India a secular country or Islamic state ?