Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The Muftī speaks in this interview
about the death penalty, which, he said, should
still be in effect to guarantee that the society will not be
overwhelmed with vice. He criticizes countries that
have legalized prostitution, narcotics and abortion.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Muhammad Fawzī asks Dr.‘Alī
Jum‘ah about the differences between the Sunnī and Shī‘ah.
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.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The author discusses how hadīth was recorded at the time of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The author criticizes the fatwá of Dr. ‘Ali Jum‘ah, which makes it permissible for mobile phone networks to fix antennas to the minarets of mosques.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
Dr. ‘Alī Jumu‘ah mentions the sources of Islamic legislation.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2006
The
author states a number of Muslim scholars’
responses to a fatwá issued by Shaykh ‘Abd
Allāh Bin Jabrīn, in which he asks
Sunnī Muslims to stop advocating for the Hizb
Allāh in its war against Israel in Lebanon.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2006 to Friday, August 11, 2006
A fatwá war has begun since the Israeli conflict with Lebanon started. The
author describes and analyzes different fatwás issued on the matter and prominent persons’ responses to
them.
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2006
The Egyptian Football Federation seeks to implement a betting system for the Egyptian football
league, but
the Muftī says betting is forbidden and a form of gambling.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The authors
criticize the silence of key religious institutions in Egypt over recent events in Lebanon.