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Date of source: Thursday, March 26, 2009
‘Abd al-Rahīm Abū Shāmah reports about ‘Alī Jum‘ah’s fatwá concerning Muslims investing their money in foreign banks.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The muftī of Egypt warns Muslims about depositing their money in foreign banks.
Date of source:
The article sheds light on Islamic banks and investment of capital companies. They have a religious appearance and a commercial nature. It also comments on the relations between Saudi Arabia and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source:
Some Islamic bank owners threaten to bring a case over the unconstitutional practice of the fatwa of the Islamic Research Institute that permits bank interest. A Brotherhood member of parliament has criticized the fatwa stating it is religiously illegal.
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2007
Islam encourages trade between both Muslims and the non-Muslims; it refuses discrimination. It preserves the right and the money of the non-Muslims in Muslim countries.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
Muhammad al-Bāz wonders whether Shaykh al-Qaradāwī really
deserved the humiliation and
insults that Moroccan clergy directed at him after his controversial fatwá
on bank interest.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Egyptian Shaykh al-Qaradāwī
pronounced
a fatwá that enables Moroccans to use bank interest to obtain accommodation. The
fatwá
aroused the anger of Moroccan Muslim intellectuals who considered it interference in
Morocco’s interior affairs.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
The launch of the first Islamic banking institution in the Netherlands offering Muslims non-usurious loans.
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2006
The chairman of the board of directors of the United Bank of Egypt, Muhammad ‘Ashmāwī, has told al-Jumhūrīyah that the current millionaire’s share certificate would be adjusted to be consistent with the Islamic sharī‘a and Christian teachings.
Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2006
The article focuses on the issue of banking transactions in the stock exchange amidst questions about whether this is compatible with the Islamic sharī‘ah.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.