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Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2017
ʿAbd al-Ghanī Hindī, a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, described the criticism directed at the Ministry of Endowments over the ban on loud speakers in tarāwīḥ prayers during the coming month of Ramḍān as “pointless exaggeration."
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2017
The Islamophobia Observatory of the Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’ [House of Fatwā] welcomed the Canadian Parliament’s adoption of a bill to combat the phenomenon of Islamophobia.
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
Dr. Ibrāhīm Nijm, The Mufti Adviser, will be hosting the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Balkans, Sheikh Hussein Kvazovic, at Dar Al-Ifta’ during his official visit to Egypt, which begins Monday. Sheikh Hussein's visit comes within the framework of building bridges of communication with the muftis...
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The interview with Majdī Hussaīn, the Editor-in-Chief of al-Shaʿb magazine and an Islamic political activist, and an Islamic Īmam revolves around the case of Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd, a liberal Islamic thinker who was accused of apostasy, and the issue of the tunnel created upon the decision...
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Interviewer: Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Approved by interviewee
The interview was conducted with a member of the Waṭan Party, just after he had left politics. He was never involved in politics...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo and Nick Gjorvad
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Prof. ʿAmrū Ḥamzāwī teaches political science at the American...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit and Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: not mentioned
Approval: Requested and no objection received
The discussion is about the structure of the Muslim Brotherhood, the interference...
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ has assured in a new fatwá that political pluralism is permitted in Islam (Ali Ragab, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12, p. 2).
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2011
The Iftā' House announced that Shaykh 'Imād 'Ifat, the Fatwá Secretary there, was killed in clashes and acts of violence off the cabinet office on Friday 16 after he was shot in the heart. An Iftā' House source said it was not clear why 52-year-old Shaykh 'Imād, a father of two boys and two girls,...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Meanwhile, Dār al-Iftā’ assured the legitimacy of greeting non-Muslims in their feast but without saying any words against the Islamic doctrine. [Khālid Ahmad al-Muti'nī, al-Ahrām, Dec. 27, p. 14] Read original text in Arabic
[Reviewer’s Note: this news was also mentioned in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd,...
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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.