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5. New legislation to curb the sea of fatwas on the cards
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
In an attempt to curb the sea of fatwas, the Azhar has recently submitted a proposal to the People’s Assembly, in which it called for introducing legislation to criminalize the issuance of fatwas by unqualified Muslim scholars, Muhammad Khalīl writes.
14. Azharites slam mufti for urging physical liquidation of extremists
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2006
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.
42. Egypt: The unification of the call to prayer in Cairo, while Friday sermons remain unregulated
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The minister of Awqāf, Dr. Hamdī Zaqzuq said that the unification of the call to prayers will return the sanctity and spirituality to the call instead of allowing random and noisy voices. He also tried to allay public concern about a possible plan to standardize Friday sermons.
41. Egypt: Twenty-five mu’adhins appointed to unify the calls to prayers in the mosques
Date of source: Thursday, June 1, 2006
The Islamic calls to prayers will be unified in Egypt through radio receivers’ which will transfer a mu’adhin’s voice from the Azhar mosque to the loudspeakers of thousands of minarets in Cairo and some adjacent suburbs
16. There is no certain current purely representing Islam, says scholar
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Dr. al-Mat‘anī, a scholar of the Azhar, the top Sunni organization in the Muslim world, has criticized Dā‘īya cAmr Khālid who went to Denmark for dialogue with Danish figures to explain the genuine traditions of Islam, terming the initiative "hasty and random."
55. Azhar scholars criticize court ruling acknowledging Baha’ i faith
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Azhar scholars have slammed an Administrative Judicial Court ruling acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith as an official religion in Egypt.
31. A demonstration in the Azhar against the USA
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2001
A demonstration against attacking Afghanistan erupted in the Azhar mosque after Friday prayers. The demonstrators were led by some parliamentary members and members of Islamic and leftist parties. They were shouting against attacking innocent Afghan people and asked for the same way of fighting...
24. The Mufti of Egypt allows Muslim women in western countries to remove their veils if they find that it puts them in danger
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt allowed veiled Muslim women who live in Western countries to remove their veil, if they found that it exposed them to danger or threatened their lives. This was as a result of the present circumstances Muslims are confronting in such countries as a reaction to the attacks in...
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: Tuesday, December 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: Friday, October 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...

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