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In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. Khālid Abu al-Fadl, President George Bush’s appointee to the Commission on International Religious Freedom, gave his opinions on religious democracy, the secularization of religion and Islamic preaching.
Some old, often even pre-Islamic, traditions treat women as inferior, but they seek legitimacy through misinterpreting hadiths [Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions].
Iran is an Islamic Republic governed by the Islamic sharī‘a. Yet a quick look at the history of the state makes it clear that many cruel practices are contradictory to the Holy Qur’ān and generally accepted hadīths.
A new craze, allegedly started by al-Jamā‘āt al-Islāmiyya, has swept the beaches of al-‘Ajamī [al-‘Agamī] this year. Posters have appeared calling on the summer vacationers to enjoy themselves whilst behaving in an Islamic way, lowering their gazes and remembering their prayers.
Muslims who only care about external appearances are like actors, playing the part of a character on-stage, but revealing their true colors off-stage.
Some aspects of the Rabat Conference in Morocco, which was held last June 14-16, are noteworthy. The theme was ‘Fostering Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations through Concrete and Sustained Initiatives’.
The religious institution in Egypt has always had a clear-cut position regarding the enemies of Islam and those hypocrites who falsely claim affiliation to the Muslim faith.
Azhar missions are trying to convey the Muslim faith through Islamic centers in Washington, London, the Philippines, Brunei and Pakistan.
The Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’ was established in 1895. The first muftī was the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Hassouna al-Nawāwī and he was followed by Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abdou from 1899 until 1905, when he died.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a ferocious attack on the religious institution in Egypt. Most of the criticism was based on subjective opinions, and not on any enlightened analysis of reality.

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