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Date of source: Sunday, May 26, 2002
After the events of September 11, it was said that Islam wanted to attack the Western civilization and that Christianity wanted to take revenge on Islam. Involving religions in the events in Afghanistan is against the voice of reason. The American attack was not aimed at Muslims in Afghanistan. It...
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2002
A Lebanese scholar issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims to deposit money in American banks and associations because the interest on this money benefits the Israeli existence. Dean of the Faculty of Education at the Azhar University said that this fatwa complied with the Islamic Shari´a. A member...
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2002
The American Ambassador to Cairo asked the Mufti to issue a fatwa forbidding martyrdom operations as he considers that terrorism. The Mufti said that these issues were related to Islam and no one could tell Muslims what to say concerning their religious issues. He said that these operations are...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2002
Many contradictory fatwas concerning the legality of women carrying out martyrdom operations were issued. Some scholars believe that women are not allowed to explode themselves because the shameful parts of their bodies would be uncovered and also because they would not be accompanied by a mahram...
Date of source: Monday, April 22, 2002
Dr. Muhammad Mugahed and Sheikh Khalid El-Gindi said that whoever does not believe in Muhammad as a prophet is a kafar [unbeliever], whether he is a polytheist, Jew or Christian. The author wonders what the reaction of a Christian youth who was thinking about committing a martyrdom operation in...
Date of source: Sunday, April 21, 2002
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi called for more demonstrations against the Israeli practices in Palestine, as demonstrations are a form of jihad. He added that no ruler has the right to prevent a Muslim from martyrdom or fulfilling the requirements of jihad. The rulers who prevent jihad are beyond doubt...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2002
Robin Wright, the head of diplomatic correspondents in the Los Angeles Times, wrote the book of “The Wrath of Militant Islam” in which she analyzed the September 11 attacks. She wrote that Islam is the most tolerant religion and that both America and Ben Laden distorted the meaning of jihad in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 30, 2002 to Friday, April 5, 2002
The Egyptian TV shows religious programs giving fatwas live on air. This leads to confusion among people as fatwas are given without due reflection. The head of the Azhar Fatwa Committee said that not every question could be answered directly. An Azhar scholar said that those who give fatwas...
Date of source: Saturday, March 16, 2002 to Friday, March 22, 2002
In this article, Egypt´s new Mufti speaks about the duties of Dar El-Ifta´ and the issues on which it can and cannot give fatwas. He said that it is important for specialists beside religious scholars to be consulted on issues such as genetic engineering, banking and medicine. This makes the fatwas...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Dr. Abdel-Mo´ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that Muslims need to adopt a religious discourse that can reconcile them with the whole world. He added that all scholars have the right to give fatwas and even women can give fatwas.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.