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Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
Dr. Ahmad
al-Tayyib, chancellor of the Azhar University and former Muftī of Egypt,
expressed his
anxiety about what is going on with fatwá’s in an interview with Dr. Durrīyah
Sharaf al-
Dīn. He stressed the superficiality of some Muslims nowadays and the compelling need to move from
appearance...
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
The author records some misunderstandings of a
hādīth that
calls for reproduction, and sees that the real development in the
religious address requires a process of
qualifying mosque preachers.
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2006
The author interviewed a Japanese Buddhist researcher who is preparing her PhD thesis on contemporary Islamic fatwás.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Muftīī of the Republic, Dr.
‘Alī Jum‘ah, severely criticizes religious opinions proclaimed by non-specialists on
satellite channels and said these opinions, which should not be called fatwás, cause confusion amongst
Muslims. He urged society to adopt a common culture to confront these opinions.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Dr. Muhammad al-Mahdī
criticizes satellite channels that invite unqualified Muslim preachers to their
programs to respond to
people’s questions on religious issues. He also criticizes Muslims who waste time
raising trivial religious
issues.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
Many hadīth were falsified over time. Islam
is a religion
that needs a renaissance to reveal its true image.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Ramadān al-Baih states the criteria for a good, reliable muftī.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Salīm
al-‘Awa criticizes the
abilities of the Shaykh of al-Azhar in drawing up
fatwás, since he is not a specialist in Islamic
jurisprudence.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The Muftī of
Egypt, ‘Alī Jum‘ah,
rejects charges levelled against official religious figures that
they only serve the government’s point of
view and justifies his fatwá which does not advise wearing the
niqāb.
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 1997
Subtitle: 1- The leader of the organization says, "When Dr. Yehia Ismael said that Hanafy was an apostate, we decided to kill him" 2- The one who was supposed to carry out the operation says, "The plan was to kill him with penknives. I have trained on how to do this in Nozha" 3- An official...
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.