{"id":78155,"date":"2020-10-19T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T08:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=78155"},"modified":"2020-10-19T18:38:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T13:08:46","slug":"no-delhis-jama-masjid-is-not-going-to-issue-fatwa-against-tanishq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-delhis-jama-masjid-is-not-going-to-issue-fatwa-against-tanishq\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Delhi’s Jama Masjid is not going to issue fatwa against Tanishq"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> users have claimed that Ahmed Bukhari, Shahi Imam at New Delhi\u2019s Jama Masjid, will issue a fatwa against Tanishq for “destroying Islamic culture” because there is no baby shower ritual in Islam. This claim has been shared with a picture of Bukhari and a still from the ad.<\/p>\n

Facebook user Rahul Sharma posted the claim on October 16.\u00a0It has been shared about 600 times. (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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#Jama_Masjid will issue #fatwa against #Tanishq, because they had shown “Baby shower” tradition in advertisement which…<\/p>\n

Posted by Rahul Sharma<\/a> on\u00a0Friday, 16 October 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Some Twitter users who believed Sharma\u2019s post to be authentic shared its screenshot. The handle @theanuragkts posted the screenshot and wrote, \u201cJama Masjid is going to issue a fatwa against Tanishq Jewellery, how pathetic these close-minded Bigots are? I can’t breathe now.\u201d The tweet was later taken down but an archived link can be accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Similarly, @RajiIndustani wrote<\/a>, \u201cHahaha – where are secular liber****00s” followed by the viral text. (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n