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Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The author criticizes the fatwá of Dr. ‘Ali Jum‘ah, which makes it permissible for mobile phone networks to fix antennas to the minarets of mosques.
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
Zaynab ‘Abd Allāh writes about the latest controversial fatwá by Jamāl
al-
Bannā about smoking during fasting. She claims that the fatwá is only meant to distract
people’s
attention since there is nothing logic about it.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
In an attempt to quench the uproar over his recent fatwá that appeared
to allow the
killing of Israeli Jews worldwide, Muslim dā‘īyah Shaykh
Safwat
Hijāzī, explains in two interviews with Sawt al-Ummah and al-Wafd that his
fatwá
should only be carried out during wartime.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
This article reports criticism from a key figure of the Centrist Party against Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī for his attacks on Shī‘ah and on Syrian President Bashshār al-Assad who had attacked the position of Arab leaders on the Israeli war on Lebanon.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A
few days ago Muslim dā‘īyah, Dr. Safwat
Hijāzī, issued a fatwá
urging Muslims to declare war against Israeli civilians worldwide.
The fatwá was severely
condemned by the Azhar, the highest religious institution in the Muslim
world, as incorrect and
terrorist in nature.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2006
The
author states a number of Muslim scholars’
responses to a fatwá issued by Shaykh ‘Abd
Allāh Bin Jabrīn, in which he asks
Sunnī Muslims to stop advocating for the Hizb
Allāh in its war against Israel in Lebanon.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2006 to Friday, August 11, 2006
A fatwá war has begun since the Israeli conflict with Lebanon started. The
author describes and analyzes different fatwás issued on the matter and prominent persons’ responses to
them.
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2006
Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyoumī discusses the latest
incidents in the region and the fatwás that were issued on not supporting the Ḥizb Allāh.
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2006
The Egyptian Football Federation seeks to implement a betting system for the Egyptian football
league, but
the Muftī says betting is forbidden and a form of gambling.
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.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.