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Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2007
The Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah has announced for the first time that ’female circumcision’ is Ḥarām as it violates the Islamic teachings and causes great social and physical harm to females.
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Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi issued a Fatwá rendering films and television series with corrupted female characters are H...
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The fatwa of Sheikh Nabawi El-Eish about the Iraqi Transitional Ruling Council did not only cause embarrassment for the Azhar but it also showed how divided the Azhar is. The Sheikh of the Azhar rejected the fatwa and said that Egyptian religious scholars are not allowed to give fatwas concerning a...
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Egypt?s new Muftī stressed that there will be coordination among the different
Islamic institutions to arrive at a unified Islamic opinion and to help people avoid confusion that results from
contradictory Fatāwá. He said that he is a son of the Azhar and so he will be keen on not issuing Fatāwá...
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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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2006
The author interviewed a Japanese Buddhist researcher who is preparing her PhD thesis on contemporary Islamic fatwás.
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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.