The FIR has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 153B (promoting enmity between different religious groups) and 505 (2) (making statements conducive to public mischief), police said.
The imam was shot after 6 am outside the Masjid-Muhammad-Newark Mosque in Newark. There is no indication that the shooting was a bias-motivated crime or an act of domestic terrorism.
Police said the man was working as an "enemy agent" and was booked under section 3 of the Enemy Agents Ordinance Act.
Afghanistan: The Herat mosque draws followers of Sunni Islam, the dominant stream in Afghanistan that is also followed by the Taliban.
A Bangladeshi Muslim cleric Maulana Ahmadullah, who has a huge following on YouTube and Facebook, has issued a fatwa against people using Facebook's 'haha' emoji, terming it 'totally haram' for Muslims.
An 80-year-old South African Muslim cleric, who recently returned from India after attending the Nizamuddin congregation, has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, according to his family members.
Muslim cleric claims to be assaulted and forced to chant 'Jai Shree Ram' in Baghpat
Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists shot Muslim cleric in Pulwama, injured cleric admitted to hospital
The prosecution had sought the death penalty for Oman Rochman, who they accused of planning a January 2016 attack -- killing four civilians and injuring more than 20 -- near a commercial centre in Jakarta, Efe news reported.
“Secularism doesn’t mean ignoring or tolerating minority communalism. This irresponsible and outrageous cleric Tanveer Hashim should immediately be arrested for trying to create communal tension in Bengaluru,” Akhtar tweeted.
Delhi: Muslim cleric raped 11-year-old girl inside madrasa, accused cleric arrested. The angry public now demands death sentance for the accused cleric.
Anand (Gujarat): As a Muslim cleric was being taken to a court after he allegedly hurt religious sentiments of the Hindu community by making objectionable comments about Navratri, was slapped Wednesday by a stranger.According to
Ahmedabad: Muslim cleric Imam Mehadi Hasan Baba, who shot in fame after Narendra Modi had refused to don the skull cap offered by him in 2011, is among scores of others who will make a
Lucknow/Kolkata: An FIR has been lodged against controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen for allegedly hurting religious sentiments following a complaint by a prominent Muslim cleric of Uttar Pradesh, a charge which the author said shocked
Sambhal : Congress leader Digvijay Singh shared the stage with controversial Muslim cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan and praised him for working for “Hindu-Muslim unity”, days after his party attacked AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal following his
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