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Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2022
Yūsuf Al-Qaradāwī, head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, died today, Monday, after a long struggle with illness.
Al-Qaradāwī was born in September 1926 in the village of Ṣafṭ Turāb, the center of al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā, in the Gharbiyya Governorate.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
On December 20, 2020, Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī posted a tweet, blaming a lack of thinking on Muslims’ part for their current circumstances. He quoted French Philosopher René Descartes’s saying “I think; therefore, I am,” but added that he fears that it will be said of Muslims: “You are not because you do...
ʿĀʾ’isha al-Shāṭtir’s health deteriorates in prison and ʿUlā al-Qaraḍāwī continues her hunger strike
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
Egyptian human rights activists circulated news this Sunday that the detainee ʿĀʾisha al-Shāṭir, daughter of the Muslim Brotherhood leader Khayrat al-Shāṭir, was transferred to prison hospital after her health deteriorated due to her hunger strike, which is approaching its third consecutive week.
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2019
Egyptian Minister of Endowments Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumʿa said in a statement issued last Wednesday that the entity called "International Union of Muslim Scholars" has no credibility and it issues statements supporting terrorist ideology.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
Dr. Ahmad Karīmah, professor of sharī’ah at the Azhar stated in response to al- Qaradawi’s fatwa, calling the participation in the presidential elections harām, that religion has nothing to do with elections and that no person or institution can claim that such a vote or referendum is halāl (...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Controversial Fatwas
Egypt is not only facing a period of political but also of religious polarization. Many religious scholars issue Fatwas that have a political meaning and some of them are almost inciting fights and vandalism.
Egyptians saw most of the Fatwas that provoked conflicts during the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The request of the Minister of Endowments to withdraw the AzharUniversity’s certificate of Dr. Yusuf al- Qaradāwī due to his misguided fatwás and his continuous incitement for violence and bloodshed has stirred controversy. Dr. Sa’īd ‘Amīr, secretary general of the high committee for Islamic ...
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
The board of the Azhar university, headed by Dr. Usāmah al- ‘Abd has denounced the attack of Shaykh al- Qaradāwī against the grand Imam Dr. Ahmad al- Tayyīb. Al-Qaradāwī stated that he is getting support of 100 Azharites against their Shaykh, with reference to al- Tayyīb. The board stated that...
Date of source: Friday, August 8, 2014
Dr. Yūsuf al- Qaradāwī, the head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has made a religious decree (fatwá) that opening the door to Jihad against Israel is not a religious duty in the meantime
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
Dr. Hammīd Abu Tālib, member of the Islamic Research Institute, stated that Dr. ‘Umar Nāssif, secretary of the Islamic Council for Preaching and Relief, decided to suspend the activities of the branch of the World Union for Muslim Scholars that is headed by Dr. Yusuf al- Qaradāwī inside Egypt
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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.