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Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Safwat Higazi is now the sheikh favored by all members of the upper class. He goes to their houses to deliver his fatwas and he is working to become a substitute for Amr Khaled. Higazy represents no real threat to the new preacher. Now is his chance to occupy the scene in the coming days.
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 2004
Prominent scholar, Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi, raised anger in Moscow when he issued a fatwa that proclaimed the struggle of the Chechen people against the Russian state to be the best form of jihad for the sake of God. The president of the Russian deputies council, Doma, Alexander Choweiv, said that...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Watani International met with the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma’a, during his visit to London in which he headed a delegation comprising Dr. Muhammad Abu Lila, Dr. Gaffar Abdel Salam and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar. The objective of the visit, as the Grand Mufti stated during a seminar held...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2004
Last week, Watani International printed an interview with Dr. Aly Gomaa, Egypt’s mufti. Some of the questions directed to the Mufti concerned the comparison between the absolute freedom with which Muslims in Egypt build mosques, and the parallel restrictions imposed by law on the building of...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
The Sheikh of the Azhar lost a lot of his supporters because of his latest statement about attacking Israeli civilians. All who saw the massacres committed by the Israelis against the Palestinians rejected his statement. Sheikh Al-Qaradawi believed that his statement was unrelated to reality.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Sheikh Khalid Al-Gindi said that the Islamic telephone line service was halal and that the Sheikh of Azhar said that the service was a good and permissible activity. He added that Amr Khalid was a phenomenon worth studying and that those who criticize him could not criticize a belly dancer.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
The Mufti issued a fatwa prohibiting television competitions. Then the Grand Imam issued another fatwa allowing the competitions. The author wonders why there is this contradiction in fatwas and why not unite the opinions of the scholars and save public opinion from having to choose between...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2001
The article gives an overview of how Amr Khalid became a preacher. The author believes that he would soon be forgotten if he were prevented from preaching, especially as he does not say anything new, but just used a different discourse.
2. Controversial fatwa of mufti prohibiting phone-based competitions results in outpour of responses
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
The article gives a list of the articles published in relation to the controversy resulting from the Mufti’s fatwa prohibiting competitions like "who is going to be a millionaire" on the basis that paying money for entering the competition is a form of gambling.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that giving fatwas to Muslims, regarding their personal and general affairs is not limited to the Mufti and that all scholars share this with him. The Mufti believes that all Muslim scholars are allowed to give fatwas, but there are guidelines. He said...
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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.