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Date of source: Thursday, November 23, 2006
‘Abdul
‘Azīz al-
‘Abdullāh al-Tūwigrī reviews a study entitled
‘Moderation,’ conducted by the
Administration for Public Relations and Media.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Muhammad Hishām ‘Ubyh writes about two official religious associations in Egypt
that are not
concerned with political issues: al-Jam‘yah al-Shar‘yah and
Jamā‘at
Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhamadyah.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 21, 2006
‘Abīr Salāh al-
Dīn
discusses a recent fatwá concerning the wife’s right to prevent her husband from
traveling.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
Scholars inside the Azhar
are split over a project proposed by a
businessman to have a stock exchange dealing in currency, a system of
economic activity that is new in Egypt
and Arab and Islamic countries, amidst arguments as to whether the proposal
runs counter to the
sharī‘a.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Absentee prayers were
performed for the soul of Abou
Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī in many small Egyptian and Jordanian
mosques. The Muslim Brotherhood
considers him to be a martyr.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
A fatwa issued by the former Mufti of Egypt stipulating that currency trade is haram has caused a juridical debate between Azhar scholars. The Sheikh of the Azhar referred the fatwa to the Islamic Research Institute for examination and comment.
Date of source: Thursday, June 2, 2005
The Afro-Asian Writers Organization, chaired by Dr. Muhammad Majdī Murjān, organized a symposium titled Islam and security facing terrorism and extremism. The symposium was attended by Dr. Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq, Minister of Endowments, a number of African and Asian ambassadors, a group of scholars...
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: Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Many literal works that were recommended to be
banned by the Islamic Research Institute, like “Waleemat A’shab Al-Bahr” [Banquet of seaweeds] by
Haidar Haidar, and most recently Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s “Soqout Al-Imam [the Fall of the Imam], are
humble and modest texts from a literary point-of-view...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
“Al-Horriya Al-Deeniya fi Al-Islam” [Religious Freedom in Islam] is the most important book of Sheikh Abdel Mota’al Al-Sa’eedy, a senior sheikh at the Azhar. Sheikh Al-Sa’eedy reached the conclusion that whoever abandons Islam should not be killed. He believes that what has been previously 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.