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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...
15. A controversial fatwá from the Egyptian mufti
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006 to Friday, September 22, 2006
Sayyid Ghannām writes about the latest controversial fatwá issued by the muftī. The fatwá argues that a woman who delivered a child four years after her husband’s death is not adulterous and that pregnancy can span more than nine months.
5. Shaykh Safwat Hijazi issues a fatwá allowing the killing of Israeli civilians in Cairo. The Azhar, law and media experts condemn the fatwá
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A few days ago Muslim dā‘īyah, Dr. Safwat Hijāzī, issued a fatwá urging Muslims to declare war against Israeli civilians worldwide. The fatwá was severely condemned by the Azhar, the highest religious institution in the Muslim world, as incorrect and terrorist in nature.
27. When religion is politicized: Jewish rabbis grant Israeli forces a religious "license" to kill Arab children!
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The article highlights Zionist radicalism reflected in the rabbis’ Fatwá that approves killing of innocent civilians in Lebanon and Palestine.
8. A fatwá prohibits establishing mosques and prayer rooms in the separating spaces between houses
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The Islamic Legislative Authority has issued a fatwá that prohibits constructing mosques or prayer rooms in the separating spaces between residential buildings.
3. The Egyptian Mufti: dialogue aims at realizing peaceful coexistence
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2006
The Egyptian Muftī ‘Alī Jum‘a was interviewed by Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper during his visit to Bosnia, where he discussed many important issues concerning the Muslims in the world.
5. New legislation to curb the sea of fatwas on the cards
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
In an attempt to curb the sea of fatwas, the Azhar has recently submitted a proposal to the People’s Assembly, in which it called for introducing legislation to criminalize the issuance of fatwas by unqualified Muslim scholars, Muhammad Khalīl writes.
19. The real relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qa‘ida
Date of source: Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Absentee prayers were performed for the soul of Abou Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī in many small Egyptian and Jordanian mosques. The Muslim Brotherhood considers him to be a martyr.

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