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The author reports the reaction of Muslim scholars on the fatwás issued by some shaykhs which denounce support for the Hizb Allāh because they are Shī‘ah.
The article praises a court ruling repealing a previous ruling that gave Egypt’s nearly 1000 Bahā’īs the right to have their faith registered in official documents, with opinions by intellectuals that Bahā’ism is not a religion and that the only religions recognized in Egypt are the divine...
In Eastern Sudan, a Muslim girl has married a Christian boy, based on a fatwa given by Shaykh al- Turābī, general secretary of the Sudanese National Conference Party.
The article deals with a visit by a US delegation to the Faculty of Sharī‘a and Law, the Azhar University, to discuss Muslim-West relations and get acquainted with the true image of Islam.
Scholars from the Azhar rejected the opinion of the muftī that terrorists should be physically liquidated and called for confronting the problem of terrorism through an enlightened Muslim way of thinking.
An attempt at dialogue between students at the Azhar and a U.S. delegation has ended in mutual accusations, with the Americans accusing the Azhar of increasing hatred towards the West and Azharites accusing the West of a war on Islam.
Preaching on public transport has become a phenomenon in the past few years. “It is very common in microbuses to find people giving cassette tapes with religious content to the driver to play throughout the journey.” Walīd Ahmad, a university student, says.
Some Muslim scholars suspect the real aims of the religious satellites. They reject the extremist approach of the channels, believing that they have political purposes.
The authors are reviewing some religious occasions and traditions in Egypt, including the Sibou‘ and other feasts, and practices associated with them.
Azhar scholars rejected the suggestion to play recorded prayer calls instead of having prayer callers. They said this is not allowed according to the Shari´a.

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