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13. Shaykh of the Azhar confirms that women can occupy all positions of leadership. An Indonesian woman provokes controversy by reading Qur’an at the opening of the Azhar’s international conference
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 15, 2006
An Indonesian woman has read Qur’ānic verses in the opening of an international conference at the Azhar University, causing controversy.
22. A controversy over a fatwa that gives a woman the right to be paid for breast-feeding her baby, and for serving her husband
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2003
The Mufti of Egypt issued a fatwa to the effect that a woman is entitled to refrain from serving her husband, and is entitled to claim for a wage in return for breast-feeding her baby because a woman does not marry in order to become a servant. The fatwa has been the subject of much controversy...
25. A member of the Administrative Association for Muslims in Belgium: There should be reforms to consolidate democracy in the Islamic world
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 17, 2003
Dr. Negadi Abu Bakr, member of the Administrative Association for Muslims in Belgium, calls for establishing a common Islamic market as an initial step toward a comprehensive Islamic union. He warns against not taking any steps to eliminate backwardness in the Islamic world, stressing the need for...
14. The fatwa of friend marriage causes a fiqh controversy between Azhar scholars
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 30, 2003
The article presents the different views of Azhar scholars on the fatwa of friend marriage that was issued by sheikh Abdel Magid Al-Zindani.
23. Islam-West dialogue…will it lead to cooperation?
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2003
The author comments on the issue of Islam-West dialogue. He approaches some Egyptian scholars to comment on whether such dialogue can lead to cooperation between the two parties.
40. The German Muslim Murad Hofmann to “Asharq Al-Awsat:” Muslims are required to renew the religious discourse and reflect Islam in a modern way
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 13, 2003
The writer interviews Muslim intellectual Dr. Murad Hofmann. The interview discusses issues of: renewing the religious discourse, status of the Islamic world, correcting the image of Muslims, and improving methods of presenting concepts and teachings of Islam in the Western world.
28. A medical and fiqh based controversy concerning the fatwa given by the European Council for Fatwas that allows ending lives in [medical] hopeless cases
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2003
The article presents views of religious scholars on the fatwa of murder of mercy that allows stopping the use of medical equipments in cases of brain death (clinical death).
11. The Mufti of the republic allowed women to perform prayers while wearing a dance costume and bathing in milk, he declared bribery and drinking alcohol halal [allowed shari‘a-wise]
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 23, 2006
The article is a critique of the Grand Muftī ‘Alī Jum‘ā, who has dedicated a permanent section on Dar al-Ifta’a’s website to attacking journalists who criticize what the author calls the muftī’s weird fatwas.
21. Head of Canadian Islamic Congress: correct the image of Islam by showing its civilized and enlightened teachings
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2003
Translation but not mentioned if summarized or not. Could it be a summarized translation?
25. The law of the new family court raises fiqh-based and legal controversy about the return of the religious courts
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2003
The article discusses the controversial issue raised by the family court that will start its activity next October. The family court suggested that the religious courts should come back after being canceled in 1955. The article gives the different points of view of religious scholars on this issue...

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