Tag: Cleric
Cleric Flogged for Affair with Married Woman in Indonesia’s Sharia-ruled Aceh
An Indonesian Muslim cleric who is a member of a council of theologians which helped frame Islamic laws, including flogging for some offenses, was publicly [Read More…]
Bangkok Airport Apologizes for Searching Muslim Cleric’s Turban
BANGKOK — Thailand’s airport director has formally apologized for subjecting the spiritual leader of Thai Muslims to a security search that involved inspecting his turban [Read More…]
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir jailed for 15 years over jihadi training camp
Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for helping to organize and fund a jihadi training camp that brought [Read More…]
Iranian cleric calls Facebook ‘un-Islamic’, membership a ‘sin’
An Iranian ayatollah has said that the social networking service Facebook was un-Islamic and being a member of it a sin, the ISNA news agency [Read More…]
