Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, known for its trigger finger on “fatwas”, has said that “body scanning” is “haram” (illegal) in the eye of Islam and the Muslims should refuse to allow themselves to be scanned and strive to secure legal exemption from such screening.  read more »

Deoband issues fatwa against birthday celebrations
Muzaffarnagar, Nov 6, (PTI):

Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has advised Muslims against celebrating birthdays, contending in a fatwa that Islam does not permit such a practice which is a "tradition of western countries".  read more »

Saudi issues fatwa defending prophet's wife
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Oct 10, (AFP):

Saudi Arabia's Islamic authority has issued a strong defence of the prophet Mohammed's wife Aisha, after a Kuwaiti activist's attack on her fed new tensions between the region's Sunnis and Shiites.  read more »

Now a Darul Uloom fatwa against women judges
New Delhi, Aug 6:

Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued an edict saying that Muslim women should not become judges as it is forbidden in the religion.

The seminary posted the fatwa on its website after a question was posed to it on the issue.
The edict which said that women should not become judges has drawn sharp reaction from various quarters.  read more »