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16. The chaos of Fatwá’s on air
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The article talks about the chaos of Fatwás being issued on TV by a number of unofficial Muftīs. It also mentions the statement of the Islamic Research Academy regarding these Fatwás which marks the end of the satellite Fatwás.
14. Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil’s Fatwá making a martyr of Saddām Hussayn is against the Qur’ān and Hadīth and considered an insult to the other martyrs
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The writer objects to and criticizes the Fatwá issued by the previous Egyptian Muftī Dr. Naṣr Farīd Wāṣil which proclaimed Ṣaddām Ḥussayn a martyr because of his persecution by the Americans.
13. The minister of endowments: The Niqab has no relationship to Islam and I will not propagate its culture
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
12. The enlightened honest Christian thinker, John Esposito
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
This is an article about American thinker John Esposito, who aims to reach the truth behind Islām and the motives of the Islamic resurgence movements. He established the Center of Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, Washington.
10. Coptic Church and the popes’ national stance
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
The author gives several examples about the national stance of many Coptic popes throughout the history of Egypt, such as Pope al-Jāwlī, Kyrillos ?V and Kyrillos V.
8. Mutual satellite shelling between Australia Mufti and Australian prime minister over the origin of Australians
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
Australian Muftī Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al-Hilālī’s comments to an Egyptian program, in which he said that Muslims are more Australian than the Anglo-Saxons, triggered the outrage of several politicians in Australia.
7. The Vatican requests to the Azhar to resume dialogue and Tantāwī determines that it will be at the end of the month
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
After four months of estrangement between the Azhar and the Vatican, the Vatican Ambassador in Cairo, Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald visited Shaykh ‘Umar al-Dīb, chairman of the Permanent Committee for Inter-religious Dialogue, in his office at the Azhar headquarters.
6. "Dialogue among religions should not tackle differences in beliefs," Pope Shenouda says
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
Sanā’ al- Sa‘īd interviews Pope Shenouda to discuss the principles of dialogue among civilizations and religions.
4. A Christian from Minia converts to Islam before disappearing… state security demanded that another Christian avoid any village inhabited by Copts for fear of igniting sectarian sedition
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
The cases of Christian conversions to Islām are now increasing which may lead to sectarian strife.
2. No text in Islam allows rulers or men of religion the right to seize novels or poetry because Islam is the religion of freedom
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Talking about censorship and freedom of thought, the writer argues that Islām is the religion of freedom as it calls for it before secular communities. It is manifested as the Muslims in the past did not know any inspection courts of nowadays.

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