Clerics
Your Daily Muslim #703: Abdurrazaq bin Abdul Mohsin bin Hamd bin Abdul Mohsin bin Abdullah bin Hamd bin Uthman al-Abbad al-Badr
Today’s YDM is about a fatwa from Saudi sheikh Abdurrazaq bin TL;DR al-Badr. Let’s play a game: what normal thing does this fatwa condemn? If you guessed smartphones, you’d be correct. al-Badr blames smartphones for an alleged decline in the amount of respect shown for the sanctity of the masjid (mosque.) He asserts that people […]
Your Daily Muslim #697: Harussani bin Haji Zakaria
Malay Islamic cleric/scholar Harussani bin Haji Zakaria has some seriously messed-up beliefs. Sure, that makes him just like every other person featured on this site, but this one’s pretty special. He’s even gone so far as to forbid Muslims from performing certain dances. “If a Muslim who is fasting sees a woman’s awrah then it’ll […]
Your Daily Muslim #696: Kamel Mohammed
Ghana’s National Deputy Chief Imam, sheikh Kamel Mohammed, recently caused controversy when he shared his thoughts on same-sex marriage. Insecure in his own marriage, Mohammed believed allowing gays would have drastic societal consequences. Because marriages somehow affect people other than the parties involved. Mohammed advised Ghana’s president to avoid legalizing same-sex marriage. He called it […]
Your Daily Muslim #692: Fawaz Jneid
Lebanese-born sheikh Fawaz Jneid is the imam of a mosque in The Hague, Netherlands. Instead of being tolerant like most Dutch people, Jneid is the spitting image of the 7th century. His savage beliefs have landed him in hot water over the years and he doesn’t appear fazed by any of the criticisms he has […]
Your Daily Muslim #691: Ali Rıza Demircan
Turkish Islamic scholar Ali Rıza Demircan, author of Sexual Life According to Islam, caused a firestorm on Twitter after a televised interview went awry. He brought up the increasing divorce rate in many societies and offered a bizarre explanation of it. Demircan claimed that the widespread practice of haram (forbidden) sexual acts between married couples […]
Your Daily Muslim #689: Mohammed Saleem Noori
Indian Islamic cleric Mohammed Saleem Noori probably has a hard time getting laid. His unkempt appearance is only partly to blame for this; his track record on women’s issues is poor at best. Currently working at the Sunni Barelvi Markaz of Dargah Ala Hazrat, Noori consults with his fellow seventh-century regressives before issuing fatwas (religious […]
Your Daily Muslim #686: Ali Samoja
Kenyan sheikh Ali Samoja wanted to follow in the footsteps of his prophet, pigs be upon him. As we know all too well, that entails sexually exploiting minors. Samoja was instructing a 15-year-old girl in religious matters, including but not limited to when she should be lashed vs. killed for adultery according to the Qur’an. […]
Your Daily Muslim #672: Mücahid Cihad Han
Turkish Islamic da’ee, wannabe scholar and anti-drinking activist Mücahid Cihad Han (sometimes Anglicized as Mujahid Jihad Han) decided to field viewers’ questions on television. This was his first mistake. Err, no, his first mistake was believing in a seventh-century child-porn fairytale. But I digress. A male viewer called in and explained that he masturbated frequently […]
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