[muslim-journalist] Cash for Fatwas: Investigative Journalism at Its Worst

[Ismaeel Nakhuda]

Assalaamu alaykum,See my latest article on the Cash for fatwa issue in India. Please pass on and leave your comments on the bottom of the page.
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Ismaeel Nakhudahttp://arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=87401&d=30&m=9&y=2006&pix=community.jpg&category=Features
Cash for Fatwas: Investigative Journalism at Its Worst
                    Ismaeel Nakhuda, Arab NewsJEDDAH, 30 September 2006 — Following a sting-operation that bites at
the very foundation of an already marginalized and at times persecuted
Indian Muslim community, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Star TV's Benaqaab
program recently featured a documentary showing secret footage of 10
Indian muftis "allegedly" taking bribes to issue religious edicts.News agencies on the Internet were buzzing with news about the
sensational "revelations," which were dubbed by the Time Magazine
website in partnership with CNN as the "Cash-for-Fatwas" scandal, an
epithet perhaps coined from the "Cash-for-Questions" scandal that
tarnished the image of the British Conservative party over a decade ago.
The Time Magazine wrote how "bribes, some of which were as low as $60,
were offered by undercover reporters wearing hidden cameras over a
period of six weeks. In return for the cash, the muftis appear to hand
out fatwas written in Urdu...on subjects requested by the reporters."See for the rest of the article...
http://arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=87401&d=30&m=9&y=2006&pix=community.jpg&category=Features-- Ismaeel NakhudaSub-editor - Arab News
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