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2. Dr. Sabry Adel Ra’ouf: the artist who takes off the veil…is an apostate
Date of source: Thursday, June 19, 2003
The article is an interview with Sheikh Dr. Sabry Abdel Ra’ouf over his fatwa which judges women who took off their veil [hijab] as apostates. He states that women who publicly declare that hijab is not an Islamic obligation are apostates.
5. The story of the fatwa that panicked holders of foreign citizenships: emigrate from America or be branded an unbeliever
Date of source: Saturday, February 1, 2003
Comments on the fatwa of the head of the Azhar Fatwa Committee saying that any person who holds American citizenship, or citizenship of any country that fights any Muslim people, is an apostate
5. Jordan: Islamists accused some journalists of being unbelievers because they insulted the Prophet
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2003
Jordanian authorities arrested three journalists because of publishing an article allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad and his wives. The court decided to close the paper for which they work. Al-Amal Al-Islami Front accused them of apostasy. See also art. 9 in this issue.
6. The Qur’an sets the punishment of the apostate from Islam in clear-cut way
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
The term of “religious freedom” still triggers debate and disagreement. What about religious freedom concerning conversion from Islam and embracing another religion? How Islamic fiqh [jurisprudence] deals with rida [apostasy from Islam]? All these question and others are answered by the moderate...
2. Islam does not state that an apostate should be killed!
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2003
The author argues that the punishment for apostasy is part of the terrorist political heritage in Islam. It is a result of political disputes that has nothing to do with religion. So it should be rejected and condemned.
5. The priests of the nation of injustice
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2004
Any attempt to re-read holy texts and present a new opinion is regarded as apostasy and a deviation from “what is necessarily recognized as part of religion.” According to this rule, thinking of a new interpretation of religion is penalized with death. I, along with other intellectuals, offered...
3. Moussa Hawamda: Imams of mosques, tabloid newspapers and Muslim Brotherhood accused me of being a kafir [an unbeliever]
Date of source: Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Dr. Moussa Hawamda, a Jordanian poet, has become very famous in the last five years after the recent campaign against his collection of poems My Trees Are Higher issued in fall 1999. Moussa Hawamda who was brought before the Jordanian court five years ago and then sentenced to six months...
7. Islamic movements…Will they stand in the way of democracy in Egypt? The revisions of Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiya need to be revised [1]
Date of source: Friday, January 16, 2004
Al-Wafd reviews the main points of the all-inclusive revisions presented by theGama’a Al-Islamiya and its eight historical leaders. Before examining to what extent these revisions have contributed to the support of democratic development, Al-Wafd is providing an objective presentation of the...
2. Religious Freedom in Islam
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2004
The article discusses the issue of the punishment for apostasy from Islam. The author explains the opinion of the Grand Imam of the Azhar, which he expressed while in a visit to Germany. Dr. Tantawi explained that a Muslim who commits apostasy is not punished until he sets himself as an enemy...
2. Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami confessed to its mistake and will adhere to the principles of the party
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2004
The newspaper of Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, affiliated with the National Democratic Party launched an extremist attack on Egyptian intellectuals, describing them of being unbelievers and apostates. Mamdouh Al-Beltagi, secretary general of the media [secretariat] at the National Democratic Party...

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