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...renewed debate on what a fatwa is. Scholars should use the edicts to clarify Islamic law in reply to believers' questions. Many Muslims argue fatwas are misused and misunderstood, and not just by non-Muslims, who usually think of them as calls for the death of alleged blasphemers like Salman Rushdie...
...cash-for-fatwas" scandal has also led to a renewed debate on what constitutes a fatwa, and who has legitimate authority to issue one. Fatwas - like the one passed by Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini in 1989 against the novelist Salman Rushdie, or those issued by Osama bin Laden in 1996 and 1998 against America - have come to epitomize the intolerance of Islamic fundamentalists. Yet many Muslims argue that the purpose of fatwas has been misunderstood: A fatwa is, technically speaking, a ruling on a point of Islamic law made by a recognized Muslim scholar in response to a question...
...didn't just have the best shoes - gold strappy sandals - she also had the most devoted fans. After reading a passage from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, her most recent book - the sixth in the seven-book series - she took questions from the audience, the longest from Salman Rushdie, ostensibly on behalf of his son. For Potter fans, it seemed, it was the questions that counted, since they were a chance to get Rowling to share some detail of what will happen as the series winds up. Rowling didn't give much away - "She seemed very apologetic that...
...rapid pace. That Thursday, Little, Brown asked bookstores to take “Opal Mehta” off their shelves until a revised edition could be put together. By May 2—after similarities were found between Viswanathan’s novel and books by Meg Cabot, Salman Rushdie, and Sophie Kinsella—the sophomore’s two-book contract had been cancelled and Little, Brown had decided not to rerelease “Opal Mehta.” The entire sequence of events played out in just over a week.Amid the controversy, administrators maintained that...
...Nightlife can mean anything. We can provide you a very valuable experience that will hit your soul and your mind, and send you home sober." PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ, head of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Commission for Tourism, announcing that the government would begin issuing nonreligious foreign-tourist visas for the country, where alcohol is illegal and nightclubs are scarce...