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Date of source: Wednesday, October 22, 2014
‘Alī Jum’ah stressed that a marriage remains halāl even if there is no written contract as long as all conditions are fulfilled according to sharī’ah. Accordingly, marriages on social network sites; Qur’anic marriages; marriages using tattoos, sand, text messages, stamps, cassettes, or the giving...
Date of source: Monday, October 20, 2014
The “Jurists of Moodiness” are a group of religious Scholars that publish hardline Fatwas based on their ‘wrong’ readings and interpretations of religious texts without taking into consideration any social conditions for the Fatwa, for example those issued by the Salafist preachers Abū Ishāq al-...
Date of source: Saturday, March 22, 2014
Former muftī of Egypt, Alī Gum’ah, has called upon Muslim youth to visit Jerusalem. This call stirred much contention in Egyptian political circles. Some political parties stated that the call is alien, ambiguous, not justified and considered a form of naturalization with ‘the Zionists’. Dr. Abd al...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Dr. Alī Jum’ah, the Grand Muftī, stated that Dār al- Iftā corrects 20-30 incorrect fatwás daily and responds to it in 8 different languages.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Controversial Fatwas
Egypt is not only facing a period of political but also of religious polarization. Many religious scholars issue Fatwas that have a political meaning and some of them are almost inciting fights and vandalism.
Egyptians saw most of the Fatwas that provoked conflicts during the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Egypt is currently witnessing major developments like the new president’s performance, the lineup of the presidential team and the cabinet and disastrous lawlessness but this should not make Egyptians ignore the main battle, the writing of a new constitution.
Egyptians have to be vigilant otherwise...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The idea of patronizing, not presiding over, the church is now an issue raised for debating as the patronization of the congregation of the Coptic Orthodox Church is totally different from the idea of having the clergymen presiding over the church. ['Awnī Barsūm, al-Ahrām, Aug. 5, p. 10] Read...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The conciliatory session, in which the president's advisor, a delegation from the Shūrá Council, the deputy shaykh of the Azhar and the governor of Giza took part, successfully calmed the tension in Dahshūr after clashes erupted there between two Muslim and Christian families.
Mu'āz Muhammad Hasab...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Egypt is currently witnessing major developments like the new president’s performance, the lineup of the presidential team and the cabinet and disastrous lawlessness but this should not make Egyptians ignore the main battle, the writing of a new constitution.
Egyptians have to be vigilant otherwise...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The idea of patronizing, not presiding over, the church is now an issue raised for debating as the patronization of the congregation of the Coptic Orthodox Church is totally different from the idea of having the clergymen presiding over the church. ['Awnī Barsūm, al-Ahrām, Aug. 5, p. 10] Read...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.