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Date of source: Friday, August 3, 2001
The Qur’an teaches Muslims to respect non-Muslims, who live in peace with them. It also allows them to do charity to the poor of the non-Muslims. However, they are not to be given from the almsgiving, which is one of the five principles of Islam and is dedicated only to poor Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001
The European Council for Fatwa and Researches issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the council, believes that this opinion agrees with the Qur’an and goes with the needs of the non-Muslim...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001 to Friday, August 10, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Researches, issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. The fatwa caused a great controversy and was refused by many Islamic scholars, who believe that as...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
Sheikh Amr Khalid is attacked for being an AUC graduate and not a specialist in religion and for being a young preacher, the majority of whose audience are teenagers. The author believes that being young is not a point against him as he has a talent for preaching. He is using a language that suits...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2001
The Grand Sheikh of the Azhar was asked whether the scientific interpretation of the Qur’an was against Shari’a. He answered that he did not mind if a scientist studied the Qur’an and found indications of scientific facts but scientific explanation of the Qur’an was not explanation.
2. Controversial fatwa of mufti prohibiting phone-based competitions results in outpour of responses
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
The article gives a list of the articles published in relation to the controversy resulting from the Mufti’s fatwa prohibiting competitions like "who is going to be a millionaire" on the basis that paying money for entering the competition is a form of gambling.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that giving fatwas to Muslims, regarding their personal and general affairs is not limited to the Mufti and that all scholars share this with him. The Mufti believes that all Muslim scholars are allowed to give fatwas, but there are guidelines. He said...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
Veiled actresses considered cinema star Souad Hosni to have died a non-Muslim because she committed suicide. Therefore Muslims should not pray over her body. Some went as far as claiming she should not be buried in a Muslim graveyard.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt accused the public and private communication companies of urging people to gamble through competitions based on making special-rate phone calls. The Mufti considered such competitions to be religiously forbidden. A media expert believes that this is not a religious issue as the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt issued a fatwa prohibiting competitions based on making special-rate phone calls, considering them a form of gambling prohibited by Islam. The fatwa caused wide controversy in religious, media, and communication circles. One of the competition programs the Mufti referred to was "...
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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.