Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi and the Muftī of Egypt asked Bin Laden to hand
himself over to save the Afghans from
the American war. al-Qaradawi said that Muslim and Christian
religious leaders could play an important role in
limiting the possibility of a conflict between Muslims
and Christians...
Date of source:
Azhar
scholars rejected
Prof. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi’s Fatwá that allows a couple not able to bear children to
implant their zygote in the
womb of another woman. They announced him a deviant from true Islām. Bayoumi
said he is ready to turn from this
fatwa if any medical discovery proved that...
Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2001
The victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in the elections of the Bar Association revealed their increasing political influence in Egypt following their recent victory in the parliamentary elections. The Bar association elections revealed the ruling party’s crisis, as it failed to confront the Islamic...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Europe’s rejection to Turkey’s entry into the European Union because of its Islamic values.
Date of source:
The
Sheikh of the Azhar
called for boycotting all foreign products that would benefit Israel and harm Arabic and Islamic
countries.
He said that boycotting foreign products is a duty and a kind of national support of Palestine. The Muftī declared
that importing any foreign product that has an...
Date of source:
The ninth Islamic
Conference concluded its summit in Doha with a
long detailed statement including a call to end all types of normalization
with Israel, economic aid for
the Palestinians and a lifting of sanctions on Iraq. The most surprising outcome of the summit
was a break
of hostility...
Date of source:
The ninth
Islamic Summit started in al-Doha, in Qatar, with a spirit of understanding and agreement on all the issues on its
agenda. However, there were conflicts regarding the issue of boycotting Israel. The Palestinian
representative was able to
achieve a compromise that gives the members the...
Date of source:
The Egyptian press exposed religious authorities’ and intellectuals’ points of view regarding the violent confrontations between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces; in his interview with al-Musawwar, the Shaykh of the Azhar condemned the Israeli trespassing of al-Aqsá mosque....
Date of source: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Like Iraq, new technology and a pragmatic philosophy have invaded all manner of thought in Egypt, to the extent
that life is being deprived of its meaning.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006 to Friday, October 20, 2006
The State Commissioners Authority submitted its final report on the
controversial issue of Bahā’īs to the Supreme Administrative Court, a few months after
the Administrative Judicial Court, headed by Judge Fārūq ‘Abd al-Qādir, recognized
the rights of Egyptian Bahā’īs to have their religion...