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Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2000
Tomorrow, Pope Shenouda will hold an iftar [breaking the fasting of the Ramadan] celebration in the Cathedral in Abassiya. The celebration will be attended by the Prime Minister, the heads of the Peoples Assembly and the Shura Council, the Grand Imam, and the Mufti.
3. A campaign against the Mufti because of his fatwa that forbids defending anyone accused of spying
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2000
The Mufti issued a fatwa stating that defending a person who is accused of spying is haram [religiously forbidden] and that the one who helps to free such a person is a partner in the sin. The fatwa was met with much resistance. The mother of Sherif Al-Felali, who is accused of spying for Israel...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2000
Religious scholars came to be divided between supporters and opponents to the idea of the nomination of Muslim women in elections and regarding their rights in participating in the political life. The Mufti and sheikh Youssef Al-Badri believe that women’s nature does not allow them to have a role...
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2000
In a meeting of Islamic intellectuals, the Minister of Awqaf said that worshipping is more than the performance of religious rites. The Mufti promoted the idea of a Common Arabic and Islamic Market. He declared that importing any commodity that has an alternative in our Islamic and Arabic markets...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2000
The Mufti of Egypt issued an official fatwa that allows the marriage of Al-Missyar*. By doing so, he contradicted the fatwa of Sheikh Gad Al-Haq Ali Gad Al-Haq, the late Sheikh of the Azhar, in which he said that Al-Missyar marriage is illegal and that it is like the mota’a marriage [for joy,...
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: Saturday, November 11, 2000
The Sheikh of the Azhar, wrote a letter to the Prime Minster which included the fatwa of the Azhar stating that it is not proper to charge fees to enter Mosques, whether those entering are Moslems or not, and whether they are Egyptians or not, and that the Prime Minister should implement this...
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: Friday, October 6, 2000
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that gaining money in return for Fatwas is illegal. He assured people that many of those who offered the new telephonic Fatwa service denied that their aim was to make money. He revealed that nobody can monopolize Fatwas.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 19, 2000
The Azhar University organized an international conference to celebrate 14 centuries of Islam in Egypt and discuss the results of the Islamic opening of Egypt, the current status of the Muslim nation, and preparations for a better future. During the three days of the conference, 19 papers were...
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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.