Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Shaymā’ ‘Abd al-Laṭīf interviewed Dr. Muṣṭafá al-Shak‘ah, member of the Islamic Research Academy, on Islamic-related issues such as his opinion on the recent controversial Fatwás, the role of the academy in censoring books, and the recent calls to purify religious books from weak Ḥadīths.
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2007
The Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah has announced for the first time that ’female circumcision’ is Ḥarām as it violates the Islamic teachings and causes great social and physical harm to females.
Date of source:
Some papers claimed that the Shaykh of the Azhar refused
to extend the period in office of Dr. Nasser Farid Wassel as a Muftī for Egypt and appointed instead of him Dr. Ahmad
El-Tayyeb because the former Muftī issued many Fatāwá that corticated his Fatāwá. Other papers shed light on the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2007
The increasing phenomenon of Fatwás being issued by “satellite Shaykhs” is discussed. The author questions who has the authority to control these Fatwás, and why they issue is not being focused on.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah has issued a Fatwá allowing girls who have lost their virginity to have grafting hymen surgery and not to tell partners about past sexual experiences. The Fatwá caused debates amongst religious scholars, sociologists and people as it violates traditional norms.
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
Muslim holidays coincide with Coptic feasts this year. In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, the Egyptian Muftī, speaks about the miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ from a Muslim perspective. Demonstrating the status of Christ in Islām, the grand Muftī explains that Islām holds Christ...
Date of source: Saturday, February 17, 2007 to Friday, February 23, 2007
Dr. Aḥmad Shawqī al-Fanjarī discusses the Fatwás issued by Muftīs living in European and American countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The writer objects to and criticizes the Fatwá issued by the previous Egyptian Muftī Dr. Naṣr Farīd Wāṣil which proclaimed Ṣaddām Ḥussayn a martyr because of his persecution by the Americans.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
The
author criticizes religious powers that try to practice a kind
of religious guardianship over anyone who is
of a different opinion. He demands the respect of others’ way of
thinking even if it contradicts our own.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.