Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 13, 2014
A recent fatwá of Dr. Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, stated that calling for participation in the coming presidential elections is harām (religiously prohibited).
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 9, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, has assured that he will not allow imāms and preachers to campaign for any political group or candidate.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 20, 2018
The Global Fatwa Index (GFI) affiliated to Egypt’s Dār al-Iftāʾ and General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide reported that it has monitored 500 samples on various fatwas that have been issued over the years by official institutes as well as by radical and ultra-conservative Islamist...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2014
Dr. Ibrāhīm Nigm, Advisor to the grand mufti, stated that ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) is an organization that has misled many young people in the name of religion.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2017
The Observatory for Takfīrī Fatwās and Extremist Thought, associated with Dār al-Iftā’, affirmed that the clash between terrorist organizations has worsened. Every organization is trying to surpass, and destroy, the other. This clash has transformed into a hostile phenomenon that has spread...
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Interviewers: Eline Kasanwidjojo, Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Khālid Manṣūr talks about the reasons for establishing al-Iṣlāḥ Party and its relation to...
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Interviewer: Quinta Smit
Language of interview: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: Muḥammad Saʿīd
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Approved by interviewee
Bassām al-Zarqā, a leading member of the Nūr Party and advisor to president Muḥammad Mursī...
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Interviewer: Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Approved by interviewee
The interview was conducted with a member of the Waṭan Party, just after he had left politics. He was never involved in politics...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2006
Jamāl al-Bannā was born in 1920 in al-Mahmūdiyyah in al-Bihīrah governorate, Egypt. His elder brother was al-Imām Ḥasan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Despite being the brother of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Bannā pursued quite different interests. al-Bannā...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2016
Jamāl al-Bannā was born in 1920 in al-Mahmūdiyyah in al-Bihīrah governorate, Egypt. His elder brother was al-Imām Hasan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Despite being the brother of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Bannā pursued quite different interests. al-Bannā...