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Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2022
What is the Islamic ruling on transferring human organs and donating them? A question was submitted to the eminent Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, and he answered it by saying: The Sharia [Sharīʿa] of Islam has honored the human body, whether it is alive or dead, and it has forbidden...
Date of source: Monday, September 8, 2008
Muhammad Rāghib wonders when the draft law on human organ transplantation will be issued. He points out several points in the argument for a unified law, touching on the controversies of organ trafficking and inter-religious organ donation.
Date of source: Saturday, June 22, 2002 to Friday, June 28, 2002
Rose El-Youssef created a special file on extremism and terrorism. The file discusses cassette tapes that degrade women in Egyptian society, the fact that some lawyers looking for fame collaborate with extremists, that some scholars oppose scholarly development and that terrorists have turned to...
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2000
At the conference called "Seeing is a right for all," which was held at the Ministry of Health, the Grand Imam and the Mufti said they agreed to the transplantation or donation of body organs as long as this was done legally and agreed upon by doctors. They quoted many Qur’anic verses to support...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 1999
Fanatic doctors call for closed mindedness and stiffness. They claim to be religious but in reality they are not. The fanatics are trying to stop the development in the medical profession.
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 1999
The sheikh al-Azhar speaks about people who are exploiting religion and blow up old issues. He therefore addresses a number of issues that have created recently a lot of dust including bank interest, working in tourism, family planning and the transfer of human organs.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Sheikh Al-Azhar has been much opposed by more conservative or radical Muslims. Examples are given.
Date of source: Thursday, June 25, 1998
Sha’arawi was considered "something of a saint". He defended Sadat when he visited Israel in 1977. His popularity grew after he resigned as minister of Religious Endowments and his popularity made him almost impervious to criticism and only a few, mostly leftists, dared challenge his religious...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 23, 1998
An autobiography of the phenomenal preacher. The translator added the references to many other articles which appeared about sheikh Sha’arawi in the Egyptian press.
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.