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31. Azhar scholars assert that Christian judges would be more qualified than Muslim counterparts
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007 to Friday, March 23, 2007
Iqbāl al-Sibā‘ī reports about the different opinions of Islamic scholars.
16. Simple Muslims and the war of fatwás
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
Most contradictory fatwás claim to be based on God’s word; some fatwás allow women to do certain things while others prohibit them. Conflicting fatwás are a serious problem that does not appear to have an end in sight.
15. Sally: I took off my Ḥijāb to prove that I am a woman
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
A student who underwent a sex-change operation is told by the president of the Azhar University that she is not allowed to return in order to finish her studies. The student intends to sue the Muftī for the fatwá he issued that defaming her reputation. She removed her Ḥijāb to prove to everyone...
16. Dr. Hamdi al-Sayyid: “18 Islamic countries recognize organ transplant...and our scholars reject it because our bodies are owned by God.”
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
The head of Physicians’ Syndicate Dr. Hamdī al-Sayyid reveals news about a bill on legislating organ transplants, which could help to save people suffering from terminal diseases.
15. The state mufti permits women to take over as a ‘ma’dhun’
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
In his new fatwá, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah permits women to work as a ma’dhūn, saying that it complies with the Abū Hanīfah scholarship.
43. Su‘ād Sāliḥ: I do not oppose the Niqab, but it is not obligatory
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2007
Su‘ād Sāliḥ believes that the Niqāb is a custom, not a necessity, asserting that she does not oppose it.
17. Armed movements...aims and profits [1]
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2007
Muntaṣir al-Zayyāt, the author, talks about reasons and targets of violence-based Islamic movements in the Islamic world.
16. The need to stop the chaos of Fatwás
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2007
Egyptian Muftīī ‘Alī Jum‘ah announces the launch of a project enabling free, all-day access to Fatwás in four languages.
15. The Mufti and box-offices stars
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Clerics who appear on television screens think they are box-office stars and engage in polemical arguments in the extremely risky field of Fatwás.
33. Jabir ‘Aṣfūr says that the Islamic Research Academy permits some books that advocate violence against women and whoever delivers erroneous Fatwás suffers from sexual trauma
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
‘Aṣfūr questioned how the Islamic Research Academy permitted a book written by Saudi Muftī Bin Bāz in which he delivered a Fatwá that prohibited women from working, and another book which states that ‘Urfī marriage is legitimate and that official marriage contracts are a fad that do not exist in...

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