Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
In this interview, the Grand Imam of the Azhar expresses his point of view on a variety of issues, at the fore of which comes the so-called Al-Furqan Al-Haq [The True Qur’an]. Other issues discussed in this interview include means to deal with those who offend Islam, the beheading of hostages, and...
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2001
Dr. Christiaan van Nispen s.j., professor in Islam and philosophy at the Catholic seminary in Maadi, Cairo, and a member of the Editorial Board of the RNSAW, concludes with the impression that the US Copts Association practice exactly what they accuse those Muslim intellectuals to do, that is to...
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2001
Ibn Al-Qayyim listed ten opinions regarding whether non-Muslim women are to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam. Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi preferred the sixth of ten opinions on this matter. Al-Qaradawi added to the sixth opinion that full marriage, including sexual intercourse, is...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2001
Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam caused controversy. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin agreed with the fatwa and explained that the Qur’an prevents a woman who has joined Islam from staying with her apostate husband and not her Kitabi...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2001
Professor Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mosayyir of the Azhar University explained that since men have power over women, a Muslim woman cannot be the wife of a non-Muslim man. If a non-Muslim woman converts to Islam, she can stay with her husband, without sharing his bed in order to explain Islam to him. She...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin explained that he agreed with Sheikh Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women who have converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. He said that fatwas that make people afraid of converting to Islam should not be issued and that converting to...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2001
Scholars in Egypt are divided between rejecting and supporting the fatwa issued by the European Council for Fatwa and Research. The fatwa allows non-Muslim women who converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. The Islamic Research Institute and the Egyptian Fatwa House...
Date of source: Friday, August 3, 2001
The Qur’an teaches Muslims to respect non-Muslims, who live in peace with them. It also allows them to do charity to the poor of the non-Muslims. However, they are not to be given from the almsgiving, which is one of the five principles of Islam and is dedicated only to poor Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001
The European Council for Fatwa and Researches issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the council, believes that this opinion agrees with the Qur’an and goes with the needs of the non-Muslim...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001 to Friday, August 10, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Researches, issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. The fatwa caused a great controversy and was refused by many Islamic scholars, who believe that as...