Independent, Saudi clerics battle over adult-breastfeeding, music fatwas, 4 Jul 2010 "The comments by Obeikan and Kalbani brought rebukes from top-level clerics seeking to get control of a debate that has erupted into freewheeling public discussions in the media and on the Internet.
"In his Friday sermon at Mecca's Grand Mosque, the influential Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais lashed out at what he labelled "fraudulent" fatwas, likening their originators to market vendors selling fake or spoiled goods."
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Showing posts with label Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani. Show all posts
Monday, July 05, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani's 'fatwa' on music
Abdul Rahman Shaheen, , gulfnews.com, Scholars divided over imam's fatwa on music, 29 June 2010 "A fatwa (religious ruling) issued by Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani, a former imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, in which he claimed that Islam does not forbid singing and music has split Saudi scholars, Islamic thinkers and secularists...
" ... A number of Saudi scholars, preachers, men of letters and writers who spoke to Gulf News were divided on the fatwa. Al Kalbani was strongly criticised specially on the internet which many of them said Al Kalbani has exited the Islamic Jamaa (group)."
In a related development:
Sultan Al-Tamimi, Arab News, Makkah ex-imam’s website hacked, 25 June 2010 "A website belonging to a former imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah was hacked last week.
"Anyone visiting Sheikh Adil Al-Kalbani’s website at the time would be greeted with a blank page with a picture at the top of the movie character The Joker, who the hacker had apparently named himself after."
" ... A number of Saudi scholars, preachers, men of letters and writers who spoke to Gulf News were divided on the fatwa. Al Kalbani was strongly criticised specially on the internet which many of them said Al Kalbani has exited the Islamic Jamaa (group)."
In a related development:
Sultan Al-Tamimi, Arab News, Makkah ex-imam’s website hacked, 25 June 2010 "A website belonging to a former imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah was hacked last week.
"Anyone visiting Sheikh Adil Al-Kalbani’s website at the time would be greeted with a blank page with a picture at the top of the movie character The Joker, who the hacker had apparently named himself after."
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