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20. Meaning of impurity in Islam
Date of source: Saturday, October 8, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
Common misconceptions amongst Muslims are unfairly attributed to Islam. They exaggerate and go as far as forbidding things that were not forbidden by Allāh such as keeping dogs in their houses; using derivatives of pigs and wine and even blood transfusion.
10. Fatwa mania
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2004
Some of the scholars in the dormant Muslim world are busying themselves with only saying all that is new is Haram [unlawful according to the Islamic shari’a.] In fact, some Muslims still believe that the Internet, satellite channels, women’s perfume are haram, at a time our peers on earth live the...
20. Fatwas on beating wives, an insult to Islam and an embarrassment for Muslims
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
The fatwa of Sheikh Muhammad Kamal Mustafa, Imam of the mosque of the Spanish town of Fuengirola and mufti of the Islamic community in Spain, allowing husbands to beat their wives triggered a wave of rage and rejection from women’s rights organizations that interpreted the fatwa as a call for...
12. Fake fatwas’ freaks
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Dr. Amna Nosseir, a professor of jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, has been calling on the Dar Al-Ifta to set up a council involving all specializations in all walks of life to thoroughly study public affairs of concern to major issues in society like organ transplants, bank profits and...
10. Why don’t we move loud-speakers from the minaret into the mosque?
Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2004
Many narratives from the history of Prophet Muhammad document how he used to teach early Muslims the protocols of calling to prayer[azan]. He forbade them to raise their voice whether they were in the city or outside. The main purpose of the azan is announcing that prayer time has come. But the...

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