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Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
The Supreme Administrative Court set the date of December 16, 2006 to release its final verdict on the issue of registering the Bahā’ī faith in official documents in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
Are women
allowed to be heads of states under Islamic sharī‘a?
The decision of well-known feminist,
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, to run for president
during the elections of 2004 was opposed
by a large number of Muslim scholars, who argue that the
physiological nature of women prevents them from...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Despite the considerable number
of fatwas
allowing bank dealings, some Muslims argue that bank interest is an adjusted form of usury
[Reviewer:
Ribā], which Islam regards as a major sin.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The
review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt in the light of a recent court
ruling
allowing their religion to be included in official documents like identity cards, passports or birth
certificates,
amidst an outcry from the Azhar and several intellectuals.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
Some Egyptians have filed lawsuits against the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyīd Tantāwī calling for his dismissal for his "unacceptable" opinions about the hijāb in France and his position regarding the Danish cartoons against the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
The article reports on a modern Islamic study that demands applying capital punishment on anyone who offends the prophet, based on a fatwa issued by the grand imām of the Azhār.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 18, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar accused Israeli paper Ma´ariv of attributing false statements to him about martyrdom operations. Ma´ariv claimed that the Sheikh of the Azhar stated to it that the perpetrators of “martyrdom” operations are not martyrs.
14. Martyrdom operations contradict with Islam, the Grand Imam of the Azhar states to the Israeli TV
Date of source: Tuesday, November 11, 2003
The article reports about the statements the Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi made to Israeli TV in which he announced that martyrdom operations are haram [unlawful] and that the one who carries them out is committing suicide. The Grand Mufti, along with 38 other Muslim scholars...
Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2003
The Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi told Israeli TV that martyrdom operations are haram [unlawful] and that the one who carries them out is committing suicide. The Grand Mufti, along with other 38 Muslim scholars, released a statement to prove the opposite of what the Grand Imam...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 17, 2003
The author states that he is an Egyptian Copt and yet he writes this article in the defense of the Sheikh of the Azhar, who has been lately attacked because of the fatwa of Sheikh El-Eish about the Iraqi Transitional Ruling Council. He defends the Sheikh of the Azhar because he believes that the...
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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.