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Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
In its previous issue, Al-Midan warned that there are private offices which started entering the Fatwa business [a religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or a Mufti] and assuring others that their Fatwas are recognized by the official agencies. It is evident now that the Azhar’s negligence...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Who is behind ignoring the opinion of the Mufti of Egypt [an official who gives his religious opinions based on Islamic law and logical measurement] in the matter of the novel "A Banquet for the Seaweed"? Why was he silent? Why did the government not ask his opinion, although it has asked the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2000
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, delivered a lecture on ijtihad [the application of the sources of Islamic law for the purpose of making an independent judgment with regards to an issue or question] before the High Council for Islamic Affairs two nights ago. Concerning...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
Those who carry out Da’awa [missions], without relevant permission are like men carrying rapid fire guns and shooting [fatwas] everywhere, banning and permitting many things, and hitting the internal peace of the people. Giving them a license is more serious than giving a license for firearms.
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2000 to Friday, April 28, 2000
Calling for Islam is a double-sided weapon if those who are responsible for it do not have enough knowledge to be qualified. Ijtihad is very difficult but nowadays, Islamic preachers are used to penetrating all matters of fiqh and any other matter by advice and giving fatwas. There are conditions...
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2000 to Friday, April 28, 2000
Religious fanaticism enters the minds of people through sessions, in which each sheikh, amir [leader of a fanatic group] or preacher claims that the community is sinful and that this must be changed by violence. We have warned in several issues about the religious sessions held by unqualified...
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2000 to Friday, April 28, 2000
The awful show of the sheikhs on tapes is still going on. Sheikh Kishk started this in the seventies. They recite only the texts of the Qur’an which speak of sins, and torment in hell. Those who take on the characteristics of preachers without deserving it talk on everything - without adequate...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
"Al-Mustashyakhoun" [Arabic for unqualified people who pretend to be sheikhs]
The people who belong to this group let their beards grow and sit in front of television cameras like superstars. They put the initials "Dr." before their names in order to mislead people and make them think that they...
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2000 to Friday, March 31, 2000
The appointment of "non-Azhar" female scholars as theologians, and ignoring those who have graduated from the Azhar has provoked a controversy specially after the case of [a certain woman called] Shereen who taught women Islamic religion without obtaining the relevant permission while dozens of Al...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 1999
Interview with Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Sheikh of the Azhar, about a range of actual subjects in Egypt, including regulating pilgrimage, his opposition to the embargo of Iraq, religious censorship, the new magazine of the Azhar, a fatwa on taking loans, presenting religious personalities...
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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.