''Fatah Ka Fatwa'' ( hi, फ़तह का फ़तवा) is an Indian discussion show, hosted by secularist and liberal activist

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news channel

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. The 17-episode show focuses on issues relevant to Islam, such as

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, wearing the

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, the concept of a

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, Nikah mut‘ah,

Nikah Halala ''Nikah halala'' ( ur, نکاح حلالہ), also known as ''tahleel'' marriage, is a practice in which a woman, after being divorced by triple talaq, marries another man, consummates the marriage, and gets divorced again in order to be able to ...

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Child marriage Child marriage is a marriage or similar union, formal or informal, between a child under a certain age – typically 18 years – and an adult or another child. * * * * The vast majority of child marriages are between a female child and a ma ...

etc. The series tries to explain various facets of the

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as well as other theological nuggets of

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

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was initially the sponsor of the programme but company had to withdraw its support after an online petition was started calling Indian Muslims to boycott the brand, but later

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guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. stepped forward to offer the crucial sponsor support to

and became its sponsor. Season 1 of the show ended on 6 May 2017.

Guests

Season 1

Arif Mohammad Khan Arif Mohammad Khan (born 18 November 1951) is an Indian politician representing the BJP. He currently serving as the Governor of Kerala & the Chancellor of all State Universities in Kerala. He is a former Union Minister. He has held several po ...

Zakia Soman Zakia Soman is a women's rights activist from India and one of the founding members of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a membership based human rights movement. Life Zakia is from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in India. She worked as a university profess ...

* Naish Hasan * Shabnam Khan * Amina Shervani *

Shazia Ilmi Shazia Ilmi (born 1970) is an Indian politician. She was previously a television journalist and anchor at Star News. She led a media campaign for an anti-corruption bill (to institute an ombudsman popularly known as the Jan Lokpal Bill). She ...

* Sheeba Aslam Fehmi * Dr. Sheerin Masroor * Shabnam Siddiqui * Lubna Sarwath *

Rahman Abbas Rahman Abbas (born 30 January 1972) is an Indian people, Indian fiction writer and the recipient of the India's highest literary Award ''Sahitya Akademi Award'' for his fourth novel ''Rohzin'' in 2018. He is also the recipient of the two State A ...

* Capt. Sikander Rizvi * Zeenat Shaukat Ali * H Abdul Raqeeb * Mohammed Hanif Khan Shastri * Maulana Ansar Raza * Amber Zaidi * Gulrez Sheikh * Maulana Mohammed Hameed Kausar. * Maulana Sajid Rashidi

Episodes

Season 1

Reception

The show was well received. The show noticed a huge engagement on social media with the #FatahKaFatwa trending on Twitter. An orthodox radical Maulana Ansar Raza who heads the ‘Gareeb Nawaz Foundation’ NGO filed a PIL against Fatah Ka Fatwa show. In February 2017, Rashtriya Ulama Council complained to ECI to ask Zee News to stop the programme on as it is polarising voters ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. A Bareilly-based radical Islamic organisation All India Faizan-e-Madina Council asked to halt the show.

Complaints

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has sent notice to

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and asked a reply on ‘Fatah ka Fatwa’ against the allegation of blasphemy, by a petition of the muslim scholars. They demanded to ban the show; and also asked to remove the content from

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References

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