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Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2000
Dr. Yohanna Qolta, the Deputy Patriarch of the Catholic Copts, spoke about his memories about the month of Ramadan and about the impact of Islam on his writings. He pointed out the reasons behind the appearance of the term "emigrant Copts" and the attitude of his church towards them. He also spoke...
Date of source: Saturday, December 2, 2000 to Friday, December 8, 2000
Some extremists attacked Sheikh Abdel Hamed Bekhit, teaching at the Faculty of Religious Fundamentals [Usul el-Din], because he issued a fatwa that allows students who have troubles in concentrating on their exams because of the fasting to break their fast. The fatwa was strongly opposed by...
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2000
There are many different opinions about the Islamic telephone service. The Mufti believes that taking money for giving a fatwa is illegal and dangerous that makes people turn to non-specialists. The dean of the Faculty of Shari’a is of opinion that if a certain institution asks an individual or a...
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2000
The issue of the business of fatwas resulted in a major disagreement between the Mufti and Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi, dean of the ’Usul el-Din Faculty [roughly translated as Islamic Theology] at the Azhar University. The different reactions towards the project led to its suspension.
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
On October 25, the Jerusalem Post published an article about hundreds of Palestinian Christians fleeing the Palestinian territories. An Israeli spokesman referred in this regard to a radical sermon of Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya. This article, like the sermon of the Palestinian preacher,...
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2000
Dr. Bayoumi says Dr. Abu Halabiya should have distinguished between Judaism and Christianity as a religion, which Islam does not oppose, and Jews attacking Muslims. Muslims, he says, should defend themselves against such attacks.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 3, 2000
The dean of the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [Usul Al-Din College forming part of the Azhar University in Egypt. Literally means ’fundamentals of religion’, which is a mixture of theology and philosophy.] has issued a Fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar, or a Mufti] in Cairo permitting the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2000
[Fatwa: Religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or a Mufti] The author starts his article by explaining what the "Islamic telephone service" is. After exposing the opinion of the Mufti, who is not in favor of this service, he argues in favor of it, listing its advantages. He concluded his...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
In its previous issue, Al-Midan warned that there are private offices which started entering the Fatwa business [a religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or a Mufti] and assuring others that their Fatwas are recognized by the official agencies. It is evident now that the Azhar’s negligence...
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2000
Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi affirmed that borrowing from banks with interest and taking interest on deposits are both Halal. The conditions which must be met are that it should benefited the individual and the nation, the individual should be ignorant of matters relating to investing his own money or...
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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.