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The four newspapers comment on the Arab Culture Conference in Cairo. Some articles praise it and others think it is an ?anti-Islam? conference.
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Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi issued a fatwa that allows physicians to discontinue the life equipment used for the person who is clinically dead or whose brain stem is dead. Al-Qaradawi stressed that the fatwa is based on medical researches as well as on the Shari?a. He added that body organs of such...
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One of the issues that surfaced after September 11 is the issue of "religious discourse" and its importance in showing that Islam is not a religion of violence and terrorism. Articles covered in this press review show what kind of religious discourse is needed today and whether there are Western...
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The religious dimension of the war on Iraq has been and still is the focus of articles covering the war. This is in addition to news items about Kurdish Islamic groups being attacked by the US and comments on fundamentalist Islam in the light of the war. For the first time, the role of the media or...
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A well-known Christian journalist, Mufid Fawzy, described Sheikh Amr Khaled as Don Juan and Rasputin and associated his traveling to England with the decision of a young actress to remove her veil. His words were met with angry reactions. Khaled?s supporters started a new campaign to make the...
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Prime Minister Atef Ebeid
inaugurated the 14th General Islamic Conference. It was organized by the Ministry of Waqf in coordination with the
Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. It was titled ?The Reality of Islām in a Changeable World.?
Date of source: Friday, February 23, 2007
The article talks about the second edition of Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah’s book which is considered incomplete as it does not include Dr. cImārah’s apology.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
A controversial book is released during the Christmas period denouncing Christians as apostates who can legitimately be killed.
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2007
al-Miṣrī al-Yawm newspaper revealed that all Ministry of Endowments’ directors have been clearly instructed to transfer female Dā‘iyahs who wear a Niqāb to administrative work, and to monitor bearded Dā‘iyahs, by the Minister of Endowments Ḥamdī Zaqzūq.
Date of source: Saturday, February 17, 2007 to Friday, February 23, 2007
Dr. Aḥmad Shawqī al-Fanjarī discusses the Fatwás issued by Muftīs living in European and American countries.