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Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 1999
Amin Hammad, a member of the People’s Assembly, asked Prime Minister Dr. Atef Abeed and Counselor Farouq Seef Al- Nasr, Minister of Justice, to seek a constitutional, juristic resolution concerning the fatwa of the Grand Sheikh of the Azhar. Amin Hammad explained that this fatwa means that bank...
Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 1999
Sheikh Tantawi responded to Salah Montaser’s article in Al-Ahram. He says he never said that the person who takes a loan to buy a flat or a new car accepts usury and is considered an apostate.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Is it true that if a young man obtained a loan from a bank to buy a flat and he paid off the loan and its profits, he would be considered an apostate? This is a fatwa [Islamic ruling] attributed to the Grand Sheik of the Azhar Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi. It was published in the newspaper "Al-Alam...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 1999 to Friday, June 11, 1999
Rose el-Yousef published the text of an advertisement in the Washington Times of May 25 claiming Christian girls in Egypt are kidnapped, raped and forced to convert to Islam. They conclude the translation with one paragraph saying the claims are not true.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Suicide in the defense of Islam is considered martyrdom. But martyrdom should not be mixed with terrorism.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 4, 1998
Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar University, discusses several religious issues with the students from the University of Alexandria in a meeting with them during their summer camp.
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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.