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16. Abdel Mo´ti Hegazi criticized every religious thing even “peace be upon you”
Date of source: Monday, September 22, 2003
The author criticized the opinions of Poet Ahmed Abdel Mo´ti Hegazi in a seminar that took place in the Biblioteca Alexandrina. Hegazi defended Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid, called for a new religious discourse, praised the Arab Culture Conference and criticized Islamizing sciences. He even criticized the...
28. A medical and fiqh based controversy concerning the fatwa given by the European Council for Fatwas that allows ending lives in [medical] hopeless cases
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2003
The article presents views of religious scholars on the fatwa of murder of mercy that allows stopping the use of medical equipments in cases of brain death (clinical death).
6. Issuing fatwas unknowingly - Sheikh Al-Eish: I am a peaceful man and my knowledge about the Iraqi Council is from newspapers
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
The article is an interview with Sheikh Nabawi Al-Eish, who gave the controversial fatwa that incriminated dealing with the Iraqi transitional ruling council. The fatwa is reportedly rejected by the American Embassy in Egypt.
25. A controversy among scholars about “marriage friend” after the mufti allowed it
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 2003
The Mufti of Egypt stated that he agrees with Yemeni Sheikh Al-Zanadani concerning his fatwa called “marriage friend.” Other scholars expressed their rejection of the fatwa.
11. The Mufti of the republic allowed women to perform prayers while wearing a dance costume and bathing in milk, he declared bribery and drinking alcohol halal [allowed shari‘a-wise]
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
The article is a critique of the Grand Muftī ‘Alī Jum‘ā, who has dedicated a permanent section on Dar al-Ifta’a’s website to attacking journalists who criticize what the author calls the muftī’s weird fatwas.
17. Sheikh Zanadani´s suggestion made sheikhs angry
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2003
The article is a comment on the fatwa of Yemeni Sheikh Abdel-Mageed Al-Zanadani who suggested having a new marriage system called “marriage friend” instead of the boy/girl friend system in the West. The fatwa was issued to help Muslim youth in the West to commit to the Islamic principles. The...
21. A professor at the Azhar University asks Egypt´s mufti to appoint a female mufti for women and accuses the Grand Imam of the Azhar of ignoring her demands
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2003
Dr. Soad Saleh, comparative jurisprudence professor at the Azhar University, says that the Mufti of Egypt welcomes her demand to appoint a female mufti. She accepts women assuming presidency of the State but rejects that a woman be appointed as a grand imam of the Azhar
20. A professor at the Azhar University asks to grant women the right to issue fatwa, after a woman was appointed judge
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2003
Dr. Soad Saleh, comparative jurisprudence professor at the Azhar University, demanded that an office be allocated to a female jurist at Dar Al-Ifta, so that women may present their inquiries to her and receive answers.
2. The religious institution in Egypt [1-5]
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
The official Islamic religious institution in Egypt is composed of four main organizations: the Azhar, the Azhar University, the Ministry of Endowments, and the Dār al-Iftā’.
13. Democracy is not atheism
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
At a time when all the nations in the world are trying to overthrow tyrannical regimes and replace them with sound democratic ones, extremists are interpreting democracy as blunt atheism, and claiming that it replaces the rule of God with that of man.

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