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Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Middle East Media Research Institute recently highlighted a YouTube video issued by the former Muftī of Egypt, Nasr Farīd Wāsil, on May 7, 2011. In his presentation, MEMRI quotes him as saying:
The martyr Bin Lādin, Allah's mercy upon him, waged Jihad for the sake of Allah against the Soviets...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, former Muftī of the Republic and member of the Islamic Research Academy, said that niqāb is not a farīdah or a religious duty, but should be categorized as personal freedom.
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Editor: AWR received this text before President Mubarak announced he would step down. Nothing in the media indicated that this could happen tonight, yet it did.
Ever since the demonstrations began on January 25, men of religion have been stressing the importance of them not being transformed from...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The author says the "misguided Fatwá issued by Dr. Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, the Muftī of Dubai, permitting men to use powder and lipstick can only be described as a homosexual Fatwá that departs from the true Muslim faith."
The Azhar, for its part, has denounced this type of Fatwá, whereas some have...
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
A number of Azhar scholars have rejected an Egyptian gas company’s plan to export gas to Israel over 20 years.
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, the former Grand Muftī of Egypt, told al-Dustūr that exporting gas to Israel is a sin according to Sharī‘ah, so long as it continues its aggression and usurpation of...
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2008
The Islamic thinker Jamāl al-Bannā has issued a number of controversial fatwás recently. In this article Muslim scholars criticize al-Bannā and question his credentials.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Zainab Abd al-Allāh comments on an article that promoted the marriage of Muslim women to Christian males. She cites the views of some Muslim scholars on this issue.
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2008
The chaos of fatwás being issued against those accused of takfīr has risen again. The following article discusses the impact that these fatwás have on the image of Islam, and on social cohesion.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Ten Muslim figures express their attitudes and personal estimations of Pope Shenouda III. While many of them appreciate his patriotic stances, others consider him as an instigator of sectarian sedition.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The article deals with the danger of "globalizing" Fatwás. A group of Muslim scholars from outside the Arab world highlight the effect of issuing general Fatwás on Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries. The author cites more than one Muslim scholar who stress that Fatwás should be specific to...
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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.