Islamic Fiqh Academy
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Islamic Fiqh Academy (Arabic: مجمع الفقه الاسلامي الدولي) is an Academy for advanced study of Islam based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was created at the decision of the second summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 1974 and inaugurated in February 1988.
In 2008, undercover reporting by a private Indian TV Channel alleged that one of the clerics, Ahmed Nadir Al Qasmi, accepted 5,000 Indian rupees as a bribe for issuing a fatwa.[1][2]
[edit] External links
- Official site (Arabic)
[edit] References
- ^ India's Cash-for- Fatwa Scandal Time Magazine Sep 21 2006
- ^ Clerics issue fatwas for cash The Times of India. Sept 18 2006
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