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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: Friday, September 5, 2003
The Grand Imam of the Azhar asked the Secretary General of the Islamic Research Institute to review the names of the Fatwa Committee members. The cautions of the Grand Imam will limit political fatwa-giving, yet it will not stop it
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
The Grand Imam did not find a way-out of the plight of the fatwa given by Sheikh Al-Eish, except declaring, in an official statement, that the fatwa of Al-Eish does not represent the Azhar. He even referred Al-Eish to investigations. He said that politicians are more entitled to give fatwas when...
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2005
Even the poliomyelitis serum was not safe from those blizzards of blind fatwas, which this time did not come from the Gulf countries or fanatics at home, but rather from Muslim leaders in some African countries, who decreed this vaccine as harām [religiously impermissible] on the pretext that “it...
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Religious programs in which views make their questions on air are full of trivial questions. The audience of these programs shows unusual courage in revealing the most specific details of their personal life.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
The phenomenon of the new preachers who were imposed on us as muftis is worthy of thorough examination. We need to know where those preachers received their training and how many accredited books each of them has authored? We need to know whether a preacher is able to give fatwas. Everybody has the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The article is an interview with Dr. Ali Al-Samman, the Deputy of the Permanent Committee for
Inter-Religious Dialogue. Issues discussed in the interview include
inter-religious dialogue,
acts of violence, extremism, the relation between the Arab World and the West.
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2004
Safwat Hegazi is the focal point of fierce criticism because he does not only introduce himself as a preacher or an orator but he also acts as a mufti entitled to give religious opinions about a myriad of issues.
For Hegazi, the Azhar is not the only entity that issues fatwas for the people. Hegazi...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
The generator of ugliness, hatred and cruelty, just like power generators, explodes under pressure, which is exactly the case of poor Muslims, who carry a heavy load of pressures from the clerics in our country.
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
Fatwa stars lock horns on satellite stations
Cyber fatwas have become an enchanting theme as to know what is right and what is wrong.
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