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6. A new Mufti for Egypt
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Some papers claimed that the Shaykh of the Azhar refused to extend the period in office of Dr. Nasser Farid Wassel as a Muftī for Egypt and appointed instead of him Dr. Ahmad El-Tayyeb because the former Muftī issued many Fatāwá that corticated his Fatāwá. Other papers shed light on the...
29. The business of Fatwás
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2007
The increasing phenomenon of Fatwás being issued by “satellite Shaykhs” is discussed. The author questions who has the authority to control these Fatwás, and why they issue is not being focused on.
16. Hidden conflicts over the office of Shaykh of the Azhar
Date of source: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The medical tests that Shaykh of the Azhar Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī is undergoing in Saudi Arabia raised the ambitions of several Shaykhs to assume the dignified and highly respectable office of Shaykh of the Azhar.
14. Crisis of Fatwá and closing the door of Ijtihad [2]
Date of source: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Jamāl al-Bannā cites efforts of the Azhar to curb the phenomenon of the increasing number of Fatwás on media. However, he criticizes the Azhar’s attempts to monopolize Islām.
49. Muslim scholars hold an anti female circumcision conference
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female circumcision and denies that it is a religious practice.
19. A Japanese Buddhist studies Islamic fatwás
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2006
The author interviewed a Japanese Buddhist researcher who is preparing her PhD thesis on contemporary Islamic fatwás.
19. A woman’s status in Islamic legislation (1)
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
In the following review of the first article of Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim’s series about the status of women in Islām, Dr. Hāshim points out the different rights given to women in Islamic Sharī‘ah.
25. ‘Abd al-Mu‘ti Bayyumi, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, to al-Sharq al-Awsat: there is nothing in the Azhar’s regulations which prevents women from joining the academy
Date of source: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Al-Sharq al-Awsat interviews Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy and the former deputy head of the Religious Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly, about a number of issues, including the controversial statement of Pope Benedict on Islam and...
13. Jamal al-Banna claims that smoking does not spoil fasting
Date of source: Thursday, September 21, 2006
A recent fatwá by prominent Muslim intellectual Jamāl al-Bannā, stating that smoking does not spoil fasting has sparked massive controversy amongst Muslim scholars and clerics who described the fatwá as "totally irresponsible" and contrary to the teaching of Islam.
2. An important Islamic legal opinion; The tricks of Christians to get divorced; The Azhar refuses to apply the Sharia to Christians
Date of source: Monday, November 3, 1997
Subtitle:1- The Higher Council of Islamic Research declares "Changing religious denominations does not allow a Christian to ask for the divorce according to Islamic law.2- It also states "The court has to give the verdict according to the religious laws of the husband.3- The church calls for...

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