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Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Muftī of Egypt has denounced the "chaos" of the proliferation of fatwás on satellite TV channels, Al-Ahrār reports.
Speaking at a lecture in Khartoum, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah warned against fatwás that "emanate from whims or the influence of circumstances and customs that violate the principles and...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
According to al-Qāhirah, Sunnī and Shī‘ah Iraqis living in Copenhagen, Denmark have agreed to jointly issue a fatwá making it a sin to use violence against Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq.
A priest identified as Andrew White [name transliterated from Arabic] from the Evangelical...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
In the first official fatwá issued by the Muslim Brotherhood immediately after their withdrawal from the parliamentary elections, MB Muftī, ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Bār said in his statements that MB withdrawal from the parliamentary elections in the second round is lawful (Halāl) while rigging the...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
A controversy is brewing between Azhar scholars regarding Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah’s fatwá legitimizing the use of pig tissue during the installation of heart valves during open heart surgery.
The Muftī of Egypt legalized such a use of pig parts, but only when the patient's life depends on it, claiming that...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Ahmad Rif‘at condemns the fatwá encouraging the murder of Shaykh Yūsuf ‘Abd Allāh al-Qaradāwī, calling the shaykh who issued it "retarded and Salafī."
Rif‘at discusses the roots of this tragedy, saying the Prophet Muhammad predicted that in the end times ridiculous and despicable people (al-...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Shaykh Marzūq al-Shahāt, the head of the Azhar's Fatwá committee, says that Azhar scholars may join political parties. However, he says they are restricted from joining any religious streams, whether Salafī, Muslim Brotherhood, or others.
He added that it is not appropriate for any Azhar scholar to...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Sahar Al-Ja'ārah writes about a Fatwá made by Shaykh Mahmūd ‘Āmir, President of Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah group at Damanhūr, which calls for the slaying of Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, former president of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for civil disobedience and incitement to disobey...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah will soon launch a new Urdu-language website in 2011 that plans to reach out to the approximately 200 million East Asian Muslims who speak the language.
"The purpose of this website is to deliver the Islamic message without being excessive and overbearing. Part of it is...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Muhammad Dā’ud, professor of Islamic Sharī‘ah at Suez University, says that the recent Fatwá issued against opposition leader Mohammad al-Barād‘ī for allegedly inciting civil unrest is fanatical.
According to Dā’ud, the Fatwá is based on a crucial misunderstanding about Egyptian politics. “Al-Barād...
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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.