#clerics

Collection of clerics news, found 192 news.

Security tightened prior to Ba`asyir`s sentencing

Threats of multiple bombing attacks and those against the judges handling the case of Abu Bakar Ba`asyir have ...

Constitutional Court chairman: RI in alarming state

Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD said Indonesia is in an alarming state of being mired in corruption and ...

Muslim clerics say barred from US flights

Three imams including a US-born Muslim bound for a conference on Islamophobia were kicked off US domestic flights out ...

Calls for dissolution of NII increasing

Amid fears of increasing extremism, radicalism and bomb terrors, calls for dissolution of NII, a movement ...

News Focus: No support for establishment of Islamic state

Although a growing number of radical groups in Indonesia today wished to see the country become an Islamic state, no ...

UAE man beats up imam for refusing to exercise him of jinn

An imam of a mosque in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, was beaten up by a local man for refusing to chase away an evil ...

Afghan presiden jokes he is "oppressed" by wife

Afghan President Hamid Karzai joked Tuesday that he was "oppressed" by his wife during a speech to mark International ...

Clerics emphasize peaceful nature of Islam

Islamic clerics and academics from various countries have emphasized in a seminar the peaceful nature of Islam as a ...

"Don`t spread misinterpreted religious teachings"

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked religious leaders and government officials concerned to prevent the ...

Temanggung violence instigated by provocateurs: Muslim youth leader

Tuesday`s sectarian violence in Temanggung, Central Java, was partly instigated by provocateurs, the leader of a ...

Saudi top cleric blasts Arab, Egypt protests-paper

Saudi Arabia`s top Islamic scholar condemned anti-government protests in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere as a plot by ...

Govt should promote clerics role in governance: Observer

The government should involve and optimize the function of clerics in governance as preachers and advisers to ...