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Ulema Council threatens stir against cleric's arrest Lok Sabha adjourned for day over women's bill trouble King Abdullah presented Faisal Award to the winners Ansari wins praise for handling Rajya Sabha ruckus Women across India hail passing of Women’s Reservation Bill Place and location influence health The women’s bill was worth the risk, says Sonia 'Vidharbha's statehood necessary for regional development'   The women’s bill was worth the risk, says Sonia: “I am very happy,” Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday ......Read Full Rajya Sabha passes Women Reservation Bill Women across India hail passing of Women’s Reservation Bill SDM Malegaon made caste certificate issuance easier: Did the application form in Urdu and distributed the certificates ....Read Full Magical Fingers at work for the disabled     The women’s bill was worth the risk, says Sonia: “I am very happy,” Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday after Rajya Sabha passed the Women’s Bill to reserve ......Read Full Publisher of blasphemous image of Jesus gets interim bail: The Shillong Bench of Gauhati High Court has granted a ten-day interim bail to Indra Mohan....Read Full Magical Fingers at work for the disabled: With eyes glued to the television screen and a glass of drinks in his hands, we found Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet completely at ease and deeply....Read Full Tension grips city as OU student ends life for Telangana: Tension gripped the Osmania University campus when a B Tech second year student allegedly committed suicide ....Read Full       Israel okays West Bank housing ahead of Biden visit: Israel okayed the construction of 112 apartments in a West Bank settlement Monday, a move that angered ....Read Full Women Bill should be passed by consultations, consensus: Prez: Even as the Women's Reservation Bill could not be taken  ....Read Full Sohrabuddin fake encounter probe may hit roadblock: The probe into alleged fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausarbi in 2005 may .....Read Full India needs more translations: Mushirul Hasan: The absence of organised translation activity in literature and academia has led to cultural and  ...Read Full India says no to Islamic Banking for the moment: India Friday ruled out introducing Islamic banking in the country for the moment, making the wait longer  ....Read Full Seminar on peaceful co-existence in Islam and Indian religions begin: The First International Seminar on Peaceful Co-existence in Islam and Indian ....Read Full         Sheikh Tantawi, Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 06:01:33 PM, Agencies Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi Riyadh: Egypt's foremost Muslim cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, has died, aged 81, while on a trip to Saudi Arabia.   Sheikh Tantawi was the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque and head of the al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's centre of learning and scholarship.   He died of a heart attack in the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he was attending a prize-giving ceremony.   Sheikh Tantawi had infuriated radical Islamists with his moderate views on women wearing the veil.   His body will be taken to the Saudi city of Medina, the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad, for burial, Egyptian authorities said.   An adviser to the Sheikh told Egyptian television Sheikh Tantawi's death was a shock, as before leaving for Saudi Arabia he had seemed in "excellent shape and health".   A member of Sheikh Tantawi's office, Ashraf Hassan, told news agency Reuters that Mohamed Wasel, Sheikh Tantawi's deputy, was expected to temporarily take over leading the institution until the Egyptian president appointed a new head for the body.   Moderate views Sheikh Tantawi was appointed to his position by Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in 1996.   But as a government appointee, he was always forced to negotiate a careful path between his religious imperatives and his government position, the BBC's Christian Fraser in Cairo says.   He was vocal in his opposition to female circumcision, which is common in Egypt, calling it "un-Islamic".   Last year, Sheikh Tantawi barred female students at the university from wearing the full-face covering niqab veil.   He also caused upset other Muslim scholars by saying that French Muslims should obey any law that France might enact banning the veil.   His views on the veil prompted Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to accuse him of "harming the interests of Islam".   He has also condemned suicide attacks, saying extremists had hijacked Islamic principles for their own ends.   "I do not subscribe to the idea of a clash among civilizations. People of different beliefs should co-operate and not get into senseless conflicts and animosity," he told a conference in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur in 2003.   "Extremism is the enemy of Islam. Whereas, jihad is allowed in Islam to defend one's land, to help the oppressed. The difference between jihad in Islam and extremism is like the earth and the sky," Sheikh Tantawi said.             Home | Top of the Page   Comment on this article Name: E-mail Address: Write here...
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