Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The Muftī of Egypt Dr ‘Alī Jum‘ah issued a controversial fatwá that a pregnant woman whose husband had died or left for four years cannot be considered an adulteress.
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006 to Friday, September 22, 2006
Sayyid Ghannām
writes about the latest controversial fatwá issued by the
muftī. The fatwá
argues that a woman who delivered a child four years after her
husband’s death is not adulterous and that pregnancy
can span more than nine months.
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.
Date of source: Friday, June 9, 2006
Although the
fatwa of Dr. Ali Jum‘a permits non-Muslim mothers to get custody of their Muslim
children
regardless of their age, many jurists refuse to allow children over the age of seven to remain with their
mothers.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
The author deals in his full-page article with the reaction by an Islamic writer about the fatwa of Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, the muftī, considering statues harām, and how this writer strongly supported the fatwa from an aesthetic point of view, although she is not an art specialist.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The muftī of the republic, Dr.
‘Alī Jum‘a, has
given the Egyptian ministry of interior the green light to kill
terror suspects, describing them as “scum,” in a
language that is unbecoming to a religious scholar,
Ibtisām Tha‘lab writes.
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The review deals with a fatwa by Muftī of the
Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a on the right of a non-Muslim mother to retain custody of
her
children in the case of her husband’s conversion to Islam in light of a lawsuit filed by a Christian
convert
to Islam who claimed the right to custody of his...
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The article deals with Bahā’ism in Egypt and the attempts by the followers of this faith to obtain official recognition, particularly in light of a recent court ruling holding that the Ministry of Interior ministry should grant them identity cards in which their religion is registered.
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The Egyptian Muftī cAlī
Juma‘ has been
quoted by some newspapers as saying in a seminar at the Azhar that extremists must
be killed and there is no need
to talk with them. According to these papers, he lauded security forces for
their approach to radicals.To verify
such reports, al- Usbua‘...
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The author in this article criticizes the muftī and the religious
institution,
refuting the muftī’s defense that it has never been responsible for terrorism, and
calls for
fatwas taking into account the spirit of modernity.