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  Gujarat: Muslim cleric arrested for alleged plot to kill Hindu leader in Surat

  Gujarat | May 05, 2024 11:19 IST

  As per police reports, Timol received an international SIM number from Laos in order to keep his identity secret and he got a business number on social media activated, which he used to issue threats to Updesh Rana.

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  Rajasthan: Mosque cleric beaten to death by masked men in Ajmer

  Rajasthan | April 28, 2024 14:56 IST

  The accused people allegedly threatened the children not to disclose the matter and took away their mobile phones so that they could not inform anyone or call for help.

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  Lucknow: 8-year-old gang raped by cleric, his brother, victim's mother arrested for involvement

  Crime | February 22, 2024 13:53 IST

  Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Vishwajeet said the police have arrested one accused and are trying to nab the other one. The police also apprehended the victim's mother under section 34 (common intention) of the IPC.

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  J&K: Take our lands but give protection to minorities in Kashmir, says Anantnag mosque cleric

  India | June 04, 2022 8:08 IST

  The minority community members have been protesting against targeted killings and some of them have spoken about migrating out of Valley.

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  12-year-old boy solemnizes 'nikaah' in Lucknow

  India | January 12, 2020 15:13 IST

  Twelve-year-old Abdul Haii Rashid Firangi Mahali created a record of sorts on Saturday when he became, probably, the youngest person to solemnize a 'nikaah' in Lucknow.

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  Cleric arrested for explosion at UP mosque

  India | November 13, 2019 11:55 IST

  During interrogation, the cleric admitted that he and some other youths had kept the explosives in the mosque.

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  Delhi: Cleric claims car hit him after he refused to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

  India | June 21, 2019 23:42 IST

  A cleric alleged that a car hit him in Delhi's Aman Vihar on Friday after he refused to heed to the demand of its three occupants to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.   

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  Ghazipur madrasa rape case: Main accused in the case to be tried as an adult, rules Juvenile Justice Board

  India | May 02, 2018 14:34 IST

  A 34-year-old cleric of the madrasa, where a minor girl was allegedly raped after being kidnapped from east Delhi's Ghazipur, was arrested last month. Police said the cleric was aware of the crime.

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  11-year-old allegedly raped by teen, held captive at a madrasa near New Delhi

  India | April 26, 2018 14:52 IST

  An 11-year-old girl was rescued from a madrasa near Ghaziabad, after being allegedly abducted and raped by a 17-year-old.

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  Dawood depressed as his only son wants to become ‘maulana’

  India | November 26, 2017 16:27 IST

  Iqbal Kaskar has informed the investigators that a deeply worried Dawood is afflicted by bouts of despondency over who would look after and handle his vast underworld empire in the future.

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  Controversial Kolkata cleric Barkati sacked, refuses to step down

  India | May 17, 2017 20:13 IST

  The controversial Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan mosque Noor-ur Rahman Barkati was today sacked for allegedly making anti-national statements and misusing his position.

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  Cleric arrested for raping, blackmailing woman in Muzaffarnagar

  India | March 26, 2017 16:36 IST

  A cleric in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested on charges of raping a woman and blackmailing her with a video of the act, police said today. According to a complaint

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  Cleric's PSO attacked by motorcycle-borne youth in Jammu, AK-47 rifle snatched

  India | March 26, 2017 12:06 IST

  Three motorcycle-borne youth allegedly attacked the personal security officer of a cleric here, hit him with a stick and threw chili powder in his eyes before decamping with his AK-47 rifle.

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  Fond of 'clean shaven' Salman Khan, woman asks cleric husband to choose between his beard or her life

  India | July 18, 2016 14:52 IST

  Meerut: A 36-year-old cleric in Meerut is faced with a strange dichotomy – one so bizarre that has forced him to file a complaint against his wife with the police to save himself from future

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  Never equated kurta, pajama to religious attire: Malaysian cleric

  World | February 09, 2015 20:36 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian Muslim cleric has said that he had never equated Indian clothing like ‘kurta, pajama' to religious attire, retracting his earlier objection to the country's prime minister wearing “Hindu attire” while attending

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  Pakistan: Hardline cleric bows to pressure, condemns Peshawar massacre

  World | December 21, 2014 14:57 IST

  Islamabad: A hardline cleric of Pakistan's infamous Lal Masjid has condemned the massacre of children by Taliban in a Peshawar school and apologised for his earlier remarks that the militant group's act in response to

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  80 year old cleric in Saudi performs 60 hajjs

  World | October 14, 2013 14:14 IST

  New Delhi: An 80 year old Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia named Sheikh Jabran Yahya Solaiman Al-Malki has performed pilgrimage to Mecca 60 times. He is a priest in a mosque in Jazzan province. His

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  Murder of Cleric and 3 others trigger Riots in Kenya

  World | October 04, 2013 23:24 IST

  Nairobi, Kenya: Gunmen killed a Muslim cleric and three others in a hail of bullets in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, a year after the imam's predecessor was killed in the same manner and

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  Mulayam Placates Bukhari, Cleric's Son-In-Law To Get LC Seat

  India | April 12, 2012 23:37 IST

  Lucknow, Apr 12: Placated by Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Bukhari, who was embroiled in a spat with SP leader Azam Khan, today agreed to field his son-in-law in legislative council

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  'Victory March' In Egypt; Top Cleric For Sacking Cabinet

  World | February 18, 2011 22:44 IST

  Cairo, Feb 18: Tens of thousands of Egyptians today packed the Tahrir Square here, the flash point of the pro-democracy protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, for a " victory march", even as an influential