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After blood donation, firecrackers, yoga and even starlet Veena Malik, India’s very own fatwa factory, Darul Uloom in Deoband has issued a new decree that terms "photography as unlawful and a sin".
Says Mufti Abdul Qasim Nomani, Mohtamim (Vice-Chancellor) of Darul Uloom Deoband, "Photography is un-Islamic. Muslims are not allowed to get their photos do it. We do not allow it. Not everything they do is correct."
Spurned by the decree was an engineering graduate who queried the religious body about his passion for photography and desire to pursue it as a career.
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