Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2020
Professor of Islamic Thought and Philosophy at al-Azhar University Āmna Nuṣayr has sparked a heated debate on social media after stating that nothing in Islam prevents a Muslim woman from marrying a non-Muslim man.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 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: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2007
Charles
Fū’ād al-Misrī interviewed Dr. Aḥmad Subḥī Manṣūr, head of the Qur’ānists group, on his
life and activities in the U.S. as well as his some decade-old conflict with the Azhar.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2006
Tal‘at Radwān summarizes the
recent debate on reforming religious discourse organized by the
Cairo Centre for Human Rights.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2006
Several Muslim scholars agree on that Muslim women are not allowed to marry non-Muslim men, despite Sudanese leader Hasan al-Turābī’s controversial statements allowing Muslim women to marry Jewish or Christian men.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2003
The writer discusses with the Mufti of Eritrea the issue of Muslim-non-Muslim relations [Editor: Eritrea is about 50% Muslim and 50% Christian, relations between Muslims and Christians in the country are generally very good].
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 30, 2003
Sheikh Al-Zindani clarifies the issue of “marriage friend” basing on very important aspects of lawful marriage.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2003
The writer gives an overview of a book titled: [Objective views on the fatwa of a wife becoming a Muslim unlike her husband… Should they be separated?] The book is written by Islamic intellectual Dr. Abdel ‘Azim Al-Mata´ni. He refuses the fatwa of Sheikh Al-Qaradawi that allows a woman who...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 22, 2001 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2001
Reforming the religious discourse is a must. Reforming Islamic jurisprudence requires interpretation based on reason not the text, and modernization not traditional ways, so that jurisprudents and Islamic scholars can find in Islam new rules and modern principles to motivate the reason and inspire...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 4, 2001
Muslims are not allowed to marry polytheists and atheists. The only requirement for marrying Kitabi [Christian and Jewish] women is they be virtuous. If the woman’s background is not virtuous, then a Muslim cannot marry her, for she would have two wrongs, a strayed religion, and lack of virtues. A...