Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
Muslim holidays coincide with Coptic feasts this year. In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, the Egyptian Muftī, speaks about the miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ from a Muslim perspective. Demonstrating the status of Christ in Islām, the grand Muftī explains that Islām holds Christ...
Date of source: Saturday, February 17, 2007 to Friday, February 23, 2007
Dr. Aḥmad Shawqī al-Fanjarī discusses the Fatwás issued by Muftīs living in European and American countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The writer objects to and criticizes the Fatwá issued by the previous Egyptian Muftī Dr. Naṣr Farīd Wāṣil which proclaimed Ṣaddām Ḥussayn a martyr because of his persecution by the Americans.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
The
author criticizes religious powers that try to practice a kind
of religious guardianship over anyone who is
of a different opinion. He demands the respect of others’ way of
thinking even if it contradicts our own.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Hilmī al-Nimnim answers
October’s rumor
about the Azhar preventing a book from being published.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The review deals with the various reactions on al-Ghad weekly supplement entitled “the worst ten figures in Islamic history. Muslim scholars and intellectuals’ opinions are displayed, together with al-Ghad members and leaders’ opinions.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
This interview with the Muftī of Egypt deals with the issue
of female circumcision,
which the Muslim cleric said is not a religious duty. In certain cases it could be
considered to be a punishable
crime because of the assault it makes on the human body.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, the pastor of the Hanging Church, replies to an article by Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad, in which he accused Father Khalīl of igniting sectarian sedition in Egypt. The pastor reviews As‘ad’s recent book, ‘Annī A‘tarif’ [Reviewer: I confess] in which, according to Father...