Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī was born in Kafr Tahlah in Egypt's Delta, in 1931. Arab Women's Solidarity Association (AWSA) which was headed by al-Saʿdāwī came to existence as an international non-profit organization that aims at promoting Arab women's active participation in social, economic, cultural, and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 1, 2007
Muṣṭafā al-Fiqī was born in al-Beḥīrah governorate in November 1944. In 2005, al-Fiqī defended the amendment that was proposed by President Ḥusnā Mubārak to article 67 of the Egyptian constitution. The amendment, which was approved in a public referendum, allows multi-candidate presidential...
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
This biography focuses on the Islamic viewpoints of Āḥmad al-Ṭayyib; how he argues from an Islamic perspective and does not attempt to see the world through the eyes of non-Muslims. He strives to represent Islam in the best possible light, talking about it in a very positive way and accordingly...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
The Salafī Front has stated that it is not Islamically permissible for Muslims to congratulate Copts on their religious festivals and that attending the Church to offer congratulations would be a “sin”. This is in response to an invitation from the Coptic Church to President Mursī to attend a...
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2015
In their end of the year report, Dār al-Iftā', Egypt's foremost authority on religious edicts, announced that they have issued more than 630, 000 religious edicts (fatwas) in addition to several other accomplishments during the year 2015.
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2012
The fatwá is commonly known in the West as a death sentence. Among Muslims, the fatwá can be among the most powerful tools of Islamic populism. On a third front, the fatwá is simply a bureaucratic function. Which definition encompasses reality?
Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2011
Copts are making about 5% of an Egyptian population of 81 million, which is growing by 4500 souls daily, said Abū Bakr al-Jindī, the president of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). [Majdī Salāmah, Al-Wafd, Dec. 29, p. 12] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
A number of 100 niqāb-clad women protested in front of Dār al-Iftā' (Iftā' House) on April 29, 2011, for banning women wearing the niqāb from entering the exam rooms.
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah had issued a fatwá banning niqāb in exam halls, then the Supreme Administrative Court...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Grand Muftī Ali Gomma denied remarks attributed to him by a certain newspaper regarding the authorities handing over Kamilia Shehata to the Church. Official Speaker on behalf of Dar Al-Ifta Al-Misriyyah says the article was a fabrication and called on journalists to "be careful" about what they...
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2010
أكد بيشوي البسيط، مدير مركز تأريخ الكنيسة، انه بصدد اصدار بيان يطالب فيه الكنيسة المصرية بتنفيذ تعاليم الكتاب المقدس في ارتداء المسيحيات للحجاب.
واكد البسيط ان هناك اسقفا في الصعيد بدأ بالفعل في تطبيق هذه التعاليم على شعب كنائس اسقفيته وان النساء المسيحيات بدأن الاستجابة والاقتناع بهذه المطالبات....