Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Cairo Criminal Court decided to refer seven expatriate Copts to the Muftī of the Republic (which means death sentence) for producing a film discrediting Prophet Muhammad
Date of source: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī interviews Ahmad al-Tayyib, the new grand shaykh of al-Azhar. He talks about the Sunnahi-Shī‘ah strife, visiting Jerusalem, the dialogue with the West, and other issues.
Date of source: Thursday, April 3, 2008
In an interview with Mahmūd ‘Īsá, Muslim thinker Jamāl al-Bannā elaborates on many of his controversial stances and honors the Qur’ān as the only authentic point of reference for Muslims. He also declares that the divine influence of the Qur’ān is not in the human interpretation of the Qur’ānic...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, the secretary general of the International Muslim Scholars’ League criticizes the random fatwás and promises a strong resistance to Christianization.
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2002
The Mufti of Egypt explains that some journalists committed mistakes in their reports about the fatwa of the Islamic Research Institute concerning bank interest. They reported that the fatwa permits bank "interest" while it permits bank "profits." They reported that the fatwa permits all ways of...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2002
Dr. Abdel Azeem Al-Mat’ani rejects the opinions Khalil Abdel Kareem as expressed in his book “Al-Nass Al-Mu’assis Wa Mujtama’u.” Abdel-Kareem believes that the Qur’an is an earthly made and not a heavenly revealed book and that its verses came up either to justify the mistakes of the Prophet and...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2004
Participants in the Islamic-Christian Dialogue Conference in Doha did not reach a conclusion concerning the topics discussed in the course of the conference. The discussion focused on the issue of mutual recognition between Islam and Christianity, and on whether representatives of the Jewish faith...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2001
Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam caused controversy. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin agreed with the fatwa and explained that the Qur’an prevents a woman who has joined Islam from staying with her apostate husband and not her Kitabi...
Date of source: Thursday, July 9, 1998
Three Egyptian Muslim leaders will travel to the US to attend a conference on Islamic unity.