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Al-Hilālī: “I Do not Issue Fatwas, and the Tunisian Decision on Equality in Inheritance Is Optional”
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Al-Azhar Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence, Dr. Saʿd al- Hilālī said that any fatwa issued on equality in inheritance between man and woman is binding only to the one who decides to implement it.
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
A top theorist of the Jamā’ah, Ibrāhīm preferred to quit any posts in the group and focused on reconsidering all political and fiqh (jurisprudence) visions being pursued during the early years of the group. He has become a model of altering extremist ideologies and switching bravely to moderation...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
As preparations for Christmas celebrations continued, the Coptic Church submitted a detailed memo to the presidency in Egypt about amendments it would like to see made to the new Constitution.
These included deleting Article 219, which states that the "principles of Islamic sharī’ah include...
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Yūsuf al-Badrī is an Egyptian Islamic preacher, formerly a member of the People’s Assembly and is said to be closely related to the Muslim Brotherhood, although he himself denies this time and again. At the start of the interview, the shaykh says he wants to address to the public that...
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The interview with Majdī Hussaīn, the Editor-in-Chief of al-Shaʿb magazine and an Islamic political activist, and an Islamic Īmam revolves around the case of Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd, a liberal Islamic thinker who was accused of apostasy, and the issue of the tunnel created upon the decision...
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Interviewers: Eline Kasanwidjojo and Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English (original interview); English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Approved by interviewee
The interview took place in Dr. Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ's office in the Media Production City, 6th of October...
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Interviewers: Eline Kasanwidjojo, Quinta Smit
Language of interview: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: Hamdī ( last name unknown, friend of Mahmūd Fathī)
Transcript: not mentioned
Approval: Requested and no objection received
This is the second transcript of...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit and Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English, Arabic
Interpreter: Dr. Wafāʾ Ḥafnī
Transcript: not mentioned
Approved: Requested and no objection received
Dr. Wafāʾ Hafnī, Dr. Sanā’ and Dr. Ishtihād; granddaughter and daughters of Ḥasan al-Bannā give personal...
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Interviewer: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: requested and no objection received
The interview with Aḥmad Najīb Founder Council of Trustees of the Revolution in Egypt, evolves round the...
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Prominent Egyptian democratization activist Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn ʾĪbrāhīm (born 3 December, 1938) discusses the issue of elections in Egypt, and the extent to which they are fair or corrupt. Dr. ʾĪbrāhīm's interest is with democracy and human rights. He is involved in many organisations...
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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.