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19. An Azhar scholar calls for equating testimonies of men and women
Date of source: Thursday, September 4, 2003
Dr. Elwi Amin, professor at the Azhar University, calls for equality between men and women in testimony. He argues that the Qur´anic verse saying “And get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye choose, for witnesses” [Sura 2: 282...
24. Dr. Al-Mata´ni comments on the fatwa of Al-Qaradawi: Allowing a woman who recently became a Muslim to remain with her non-Muslim husband is false
Date of source: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
The writer gives an overview of a book titled: [Objective views on the fatwa of a wife becoming a Muslim unlike her husband… Should they be separated?] The book is written by Islamic intellectual Dr. Abdel ‘Azim Al-Mata´ni. He refuses the fatwa of Sheikh Al-Qaradawi that allows a woman who...
25. The law of the new family court raises fiqh-based and legal controversy about the return of the religious courts
Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2003
The article discusses the controversial issue raised by the family court that will start its activity next October. The family court suggested that the religious courts should come back after being canceled in 1955. The article gives the different points of view of religious scholars on this issue...
13. Islamic reading of Bush’s book on Islam
Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
George Bush, [Editor: A 19th century distant forefather of President George Bush] the author of the book Muhammad …the Founder of Islam and the Islamic Empire, admitted that both the Old and the New Testament refer to the coming of the Prophet Muhammad
7. An Islamic revealing reading of George Bush’s, the great grandfather, book: Orientalists follow “an iron hand in velvet glove” policy with intellectuals of the Islamic world.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Dr. al-Mata‘nī wants the coming series of articles to be a guide for Muslims in reading the Arabic version of Life of Mohamed: The Founder of Islam and of the Empire of Saracens by Reverend George Bush, a distant ancestor of US President George Bush, so as to be able to distinguish between the true...
20. Let´s have good intentions towards the new ideologies
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After more than 20 years of adopting the ideology of violence, the leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya declared that the ideology of violence caused them to commit mistakes that harmed themselves, their religion and their society. Some people raised doubts against this declaration and others...
9. The Sheikh of the Azhar decides to prevent the university´s professors from travelling to London without his permission
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2002
The Sheikh of Azhar referred 30 professors of the Azhar University to be investigated because of their opinions concerning the American sanction imposed on Iraq. He decided to prevent members of the teaching staff of the Azhar University from travelling abroad unless they have his permission.
14. Political affiliations of the Azhar’s shaykhs
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Throughout its long history, the major religious institution in Egypt, the Azhar, has been known for its neutral moderate stance on the different issues on the Egyptian political domain. In recent years, however, Azhar scholars have increasingly featured on the political scene.
9. Home delivery shaykhs
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2005
Mulhim al-‘Isawī examines the phenomenon of modern Islamic preachers whom, he states, can be paid to give private religion lessons, or to lead prayers in customers’ houses.
42. Anti-Semitism law...Zionist terrorism
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Many people around the world believe that anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism are one the same thing. Despite being Semitic, Arabs have always been accused of anti-Semitism.

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