Displaying 41 - 50 of 52.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006 to Friday, September 29, 2006
The author of the article, Tāriq Mustafá, criticizes mosques that use amplifiers and attract famous dā‘īyahs to attract a large number of worshippers during the month of Ramadān. He also raises questions about where the charitable donations that are collected by mosques go.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
In an attempt to quench the uproar over his recent fatwá that appeared
to allow the
killing of Israeli Jews worldwide, Muslim dā‘īyah Shaykh
Safwat
Hijāzī, explains in two interviews with Sawt al-Ummah and al-Wafd that his
fatwá
should only be carried out during wartime.
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2006
The article deals with the
security interference in the selection of preachers for mosques, citing
a letter signed by a police major
general prohibiting Dr. Safwat Hijāzī from delivering sermons in
mosques after he gave a
fatwá allowing the killing of Israeli tourists.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A
few days ago Muslim dā‘īyah, Dr. Safwat
Hijāzī, issued a fatwá
urging Muslims to declare war against Israeli civilians worldwide.
The fatwá was severely
condemned by the Azhar, the highest religious institution in the Muslim
world, as incorrect and
terrorist in nature.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2006 to Friday, August 11, 2006
A fatwá war has begun since the Israeli conflict with Lebanon started. The
author describes and analyzes different fatwás issued on the matter and prominent persons’ responses to
them.
Date of source:
The author says that Islam is nothing but faith and
sharī‘a
[Islamic law], and therefore criticizes those preachers who preach about ‘unseen
things’, which is, frankly
speaking, not proved by prophetic traditions and stories.
Date of source: Saturday, October 18, 2003 to Friday, October 24, 2003
The author comments on what he calls the “latest fashion” among modern Islamic preachers: specialization in a particular field, such as family-related issues, sexual problems, nutrition or even medicine. The author believes that this new trend is part of a plan to infiltrate all facets of life. At...
Date of source: Saturday, March 15, 2003 to Friday, March 21, 2003
The author believes that presenting new preachers is an industry that has an economic side to it. One of the new preachers that is being presented is Sheikh Safwat Hegazy. People close to Hegazy claim that Amr Khaled used to attend his lessons before he became famous.
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2004
Ramadan [holiest month of Muslim calendar, when fasting is observed] is like a high season for sheikhs when they are to be found everywhere you look.
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Safwat Higazi is now the sheikh favored by all members of the upper class. He goes to their houses to deliver his fatwas and he is working to become a substitute for Amr Khaled. Higazy represents no real threat to the new preacher. Now is his chance to occupy the scene in the coming days.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.