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Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Al- Zindanī’s fatwa on ’friend marriage’ has caused a
wide controversy in religious circles as well as public opinion.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Opinions of Islamic scholars on the issue of
misyār marriage, in which the
husband has no financial responsibilities for his wife.
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2006 to Friday, April 28, 2006
A fatwa allows couples to get married and waives the
husband’s responsibility
to shoulder household expenses.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Despite
being accepted in the Islamic sharī‘a,
the misyār marriage, in which the
husband and wife do not live together, has always been a
subject of heated controversy among Muslim
scholars.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
The story of a Coptic woman who has found out that her husband is a polygamist, and who now has a civil court divorce verdict, which the church does not accept.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2005
cUrfi [informal] marriages have recently been increasing among young Muslims. They are now also occurring among Christians of different ages and social classes.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2005
The Misyār marriage is an Islamic marriage that has emerged as life circumstances have changed. Dr. Muhammad al-Mukhtār al-Mahdī, a professor at the Azhar University [discipline not mentioned], says that “linguistically speaking, the Misyār means ’to drop by’.”
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
A female Muslim dā‘īya has said in an interview that women should not wear make-up or perfume except inside their homes with their husbands.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
The historical facts state that unlimited polygamy was the rule since ancient times. The concept of unmarriageable persons started with mother then sisters until it reached 14 relatives in the holy Qur’ān.
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 1999
Before referring the draft of the Law Regulating the Personal Status to the People’s Assembly, President Hosni Mubarak held a meeting to ensure that the rules of Islamic Shari’a canonical were met in the draft. In the deliberations of the Azhar on the new draft there were disagreements, however, on...
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