Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The U.S. Embassy in London has delivered an official apology to Dr. Zakī Badawī, principal of the Muslim College in London and adviser [on Islam] to Prince Charles, for denying him entry to the United States last week.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has launched an advertising campaign to denounce acts of terrorism in the aftermath of the London suicide bomb blasts.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
Dr. Rowan Williams, the Church of England’s Archbishop of Canterbury warned that Muslims will become the scapegoat for the London bombings which have been claimed by al-Qā‘ida. Muslims and mosques in Britain have suffered assaults.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd al-Halīm ‘Amr discusses the concept of tourism from an Islamic point of view, arguing that Muslims should travel and learn from the outside world overseas. He says that tourism does not mean allowing yourself to commit sins in foreign countries.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
In an interview with al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī, Shaykh Ahmad Badr al-Dīn Hassoun, the new Muftī of Syria, slammed the phenomenon of fatwas being announced on satellite channels. He said that the Muslim nation [umma] today is in dire need of joint, collective fatwas.
Date of source: Thursday, July 14, 2005
Al-Līwa’ al-Islamī interviewed Muhammad Abu Layla, professor of Islamic studies at Azhar University. Many issues concerning Islam were discussed.
Date of source: Thursday, June 16, 2005
Shaykh Fawzī al-Zifzāf, head of the Azhar’s Permanent Committee for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions, assured that dialogue is crucial between religions since it protects the nation against misunderstanding.
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2004
Ahmed Kamal Abu Al-Magd, a former Minister of Information and Youth and professor of public law at the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, said that he does not support the conspiracy theory trend but that he views a scheme that aims at marginalizing the Muslim world and brushing it aside from the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2002
The Mufti of Egypt explains that some journalists committed mistakes in their reports about the fatwa of the Islamic Research Institute concerning bank interest. They reported that the fatwa permits bank "interest" while it permits bank "profits." They reported that the fatwa permits all ways of...
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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...