Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
In Egypt, the Orthodox Copts used to obey law 462 passed in 1955, which is concerned with the personal status of non-Muslims and includes some reasons for divorce from item 50 till item 58. Nabil Luqa Bebawi states that the second article of the Egyptian Constitution stipulates that the Islamic...
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
When Sawt Al-Umma published an article on July 25, 2004 written by Essam Lotfy entitled “Those who pursue paradise in the courts of law…Dismissing Mamdouh Nakhla and Nagib Gibrail from the Word Center,” we did not mean to offend anyone. However, some of the article’s words were not accurate or...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2004
Sheikh Ahmad Aly Othman, whose wife accused him of asking her to sleep with other men for money and beating her violently, came to the newspaper headquarters to respond to what his wife said. He said that he did not ask his wife to sleep with other men and that his wife wants to destroy him.
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Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
This story is one of the most dreadful I have ever encountered in my entire life. It is the story of a young wife who is awaiting the final decision in her wretched case of Khula’, after being severely tortured by her husband, the imam and preacher of a mosque in one of Cairo’s high-class districts...
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2002
Al-Ahram columnist Anis Mansour wrote that Jesus Christ had a half-brother called James. He claimed this piece of information came from the Bible. The reaction of Muslims and Copts to what he wrote was very angry. A Coptic thinker commented on it and explained the Biblical verses speaking about...
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2002
The new Mufti of Egypt decided to entrust the task of issuing fatwas to the Islamic Research Institute. The author believes this not to be a good decision, as the Institute has charged many intellectuals with kufr [unbelief] and is not known for defending the freedom of opinion. He suggested the...
Date of source: Monday, March 18, 2002
The fatwa that forbids shaking hands between men and women contradicts the moderation Sheikh Atiya Saqr is known for. It was better for Sheikh Saqr to present the opinions of jurists on this point and let people decide for themselves. This fatwa put many of the Azhar scholars in a critical...
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2003
Dr. Abdel-Azeem Al-Mata’ani has been behind most of the cases of accusing writers of kufr [unbelief]. The latest writer he accused of disbelief is Ahmed Al-Shahawi because of his book "Commandments on Loving Women." The author believes that because Al-Mata’ani was not paid the attention he always...
Date of source: Monday, March 8, 2004
Only nine days after their marriage, the monaqaba woman and the famous TV preacher, who allegedly had seduced her, were divorced.
Date of source: Monday, March 8, 2004
The article is a biography of the well-know Muslim preacher Sheikh Muhammad Gebril.