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Iranian Fatwa Approves Use Of Nuclear Weapons

Iran's hardline spiritual leaders have issued an unprecedented new fatwa, or holy order, sanctioning the use of atomic weapons against its enemies.

In yet another sign of Teheran's stiffening resolve on the nuclear issue, influential Muslim clerics have for the first time questioned the theocracy's traditional stance that Sharia law forbade the use of nuclear weapons.

Experts: Iran years away from bomb

Iran's nuclear ambitions are again being predicted. But experts say the coming of any Iranian nuclear arms looks to be years away and that the past predictions underplayed the technological challenges.

Iran, which said it has begun enriching small amounts of uranium, denies its program is intended to produce anything beyond weaker fuel for civilian nuclear power plants.

Poll reveals 40pc of Muslims want sharia law in UK

Four out of 10 British Muslims want sharia law introduced into parts of the country, a survey reveals today.

The ICM opinion poll also indicates that a fifth have sympathy with the "feelings and motives" of the suicide bombers who attacked London last July 7, killing 52 people, although 99 per cent thought the bombers were wrong to carry out the atrocity.

Fatwa Adds Riot Duty as Sixth Pillar of Islam

As the global death toll from protests over editorial cartoons rose to 45 yesterday, an Islamic scholar, or Mufti, issued a new fatwa adding a “Sixth Pillar” to the traditional five requirements of the religion.