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Writing a Her-story of Egypt. An Illustration of Islamic Women’s Movement in Post-colonial Egypt
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The identity of Muslim women in post-colonial Egypt has largely been marginalized in the transition to modernity.
24. The Azhar is keeping ‘Urfi marriages within bounds
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2007
The article sheds light on ‘Urfī marriages and the necessity of the Azhar institutions to interfere to deliver Fatwás showing the right path to the confused youths and to prevent the spread of corruption in the society.
29. Scotland Yard raids a mosque in London and detains seven
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Scotland Yard raided the mosque where Egyptian fundamentalist Abū Hamza al-Masri preaches, after receiving information from the French intelligence service about it. British officials stressed that such measures are not against Islām. al-Masri led the Friday prayers in the street for two...
24. Dr. Al-Mata´ni comments on the fatwa of Al-Qaradawi: Allowing a woman who recently became a Muslim to remain with her non-Muslim husband is false
Date of source: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
The writer gives an overview of a book titled: [Objective views on the fatwa of a wife becoming a Muslim unlike her husband… Should they be separated?] The book is written by Islamic intellectual Dr. Abdel ‘Azim Al-Mata´ni. He refuses the fatwa of Sheikh Al-Qaradawi that allows a woman who...
8. Sheikhs’ re-evaluation against Al-Qaradawi because of his fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her husband after converting to Islam
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001 to Friday, August 10, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Researches, issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. The fatwa caused a great controversy and was refused by many Islamic scholars, who believe that as...
6. Will Al-Azhar reply to this Book?!
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 1999
The author is dismayed by the book "Women in the Developing World: Thoughts and Ideals" by Bangladeshi feminist writer Hasna Begum in which she claims that, according to Islamic concepts, woman was created for the pleasure of man implying that her life itself is of no value whatsoever, attacks...
4. Disputes around the legislation of divorce in Islam
Date of source: Friday, July 16, 1999
A new case is raised by the Ibn Khaldoun Center. It is the case of the legislation of divorce in Islam. Dr. Ahmed Sobhi Mansour stated various opinions of the jurists in divorce.
1. Dr. ’Abdel Mo’ti Mohammed Bayoumi, Dean of the Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion [at Al-Azhar University]: Under the Al-Khul’a system, a husband cannot take more than what he has given his wife
Date of source: Friday, April 2, 1999
Khul’a, a new item in the Personal Status Draft Law, gives a woman the right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her rights and returning the dowry he had given for her. This interview explains the story behind the new legislation.
2. Details of amendments of the new Personal Status Law: Divorce battles between the sheikhs and the Ministry of Justice
Date of source: Monday, March 8, 1999
The fate of the new Personal Status Law depended over the last few days on the juridical approval of Sheikh Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi. The law was amended in a series of meetings of the Jurisprudence Research Committee affiliated to Mogamma` Al-Buhouth Al-Islameyya (Islamic Research...
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