Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2003
Dr. Gunter Mulack, Commissioner for the Dialogue with the Islamic World of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed the need for dialogue between the West and the Arab world to avoid increasing tensions and develop an understanding between different cultures. Many of his views concur with...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Muhammad Ra’fat
‘Uthmān, the rapporteur of the fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] Research Committee at the Islamic Research Academy, issued a
fatwa rendering halāl [permissible] the use of genetic engineering technologies to determine the sex of the fetus.
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
Fatwa stars lock horns on satellite stations
Cyber fatwas have become an enchanting theme as to know what is right and what is wrong.
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
There is nothing wrong, from a sharī‘a perspective, with football provided that players are not distracted from prayers on due time, students from studying or workers from seeking income to support their families, said Dr. Yousuf al-Qaradāwī, a celebrated Muslim cleric, in an interview.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001 to Friday, December 7, 2001
Behind any terrorist organization there is a mufti deciding what is halal and what is haram according to his point of view. The article gives an overview of the most famous muftis of terrorist organizations and the fatwas they issued.
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2001
The basis of the Qur’anic discourse is that any religious ruling or opinion should be accompanied with evidences. A language should be used that attracts people and does not offend unbelievers. This is the basis for the comment on a fatwa issued by the Permanent Committee for Scientific Researches...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Sheikh Khalid Al-Gindi said that the Islamic telephone line service was halal and that the Sheikh of Azhar said that the service was a good and permissible activity. He added that Amr Khalid was a phenomenon worth studying and that those who criticize him could not criticize a belly dancer.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The book "The New Crusader War" mentioned a fatwa to the effect that if the murderer of the innocent people in America is a Muslim, he has to pay half the diyya [compensation money] to the families of murdered Muslims and nothing more. Usama Bin Laden expressed the same opinion when he was asked...
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
Dr. Rifa’at Al-Said, the general secretary of the Tagammu opposition party, believes that Islamizing politics is the essence of terrorism and that the Muslim Brotherhood were the first to use terrorism. He stresses that that Islam is not a fertile ground for radical thoughts as some people claim.
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2001 to Friday, August 31, 2001
In its seminar for this week, Rose El-Youssef discussed the reasons for the attraction of young people to sheikhs like Amr Khalid and how to deal with such sheikhs. All the religious men and intellectuals that were present agreed that a religious, political and cultural vacancy was behind this...