Family planning is insisted upon Muslims by Shia cleric

All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Mr. Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq insisted Muslims to practice family planning on a three-day convention on Empowerment of Muslim Women//. He said that family planning is not restricted for Muslims and the use of pills by women and condoms b...

Those Who Cure can Kill Dire Prophesy of the doctors Plot

... clue about the foiled UK bombing attacks when he reportedly told a British cleric in Baghdad that "those who cure you will kill you, says the Times of London. The cleric passed on details of the warning, but not the specific wording, to a senior...

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...ff the streets is the kindness of strangers. In Sadr City, a vast Shiite slum in northeast Baghdad controlled by the political movement of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Husham Hassan, 37, cares for around 30 orphans in a home funded by private donations. Prior to opening the "Safety House," Hassan...

Art of Living Foundation to Train Iraqi Youths

...er and we are ready to work hand in hand with you," the statement quoted Aqaadi as saying. Ravi Shankar met many Iraqi leaders including Shia cleric Al-Sheikh Bashir Hussain Al-Najafi. All of them sought his cooperation in bringing peace to Iraq. Expressing his pain over the violence in Ir...

Top Iraqi Shiite Leader Returns Home

...tion government last year after winning 30 seats in the 275-member parliament. Hakim's illness comes as one of his main rivals, radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, has resurfaced after several months in hiding. Despite SIIC's close ties with Iran, Hakim has tried to build bridges with the...

Saudi Women Undergo Sex Change

...ybody. An interior ministry official said that such cases are taken care off by the religious authorities, and the psychologists. But a senior cleric said that a legal case has to be filed issuing laws against sex change operations. ...