Tuesday, 3 September 2013

India: Fatwa banning cartoons issued by clerics

From: The News, September 02, 2013

NEW DELHI: India’s leading Islamic seminary, the Darul Uloom, issued a fatwa (a religious decree) declaring that watching cartoons on television is un-Islamic, and a violation of sharia law, according to a report issued Aug. 27.

Senior cleric Mufti Arif Quasmi explained the ruling by saying: “[A] cartoon is a picture. Besides, it is not for the children. It

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