Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 29, 2003
The author believes that banning religious books is “dirty detective” work that should not be practiced by sheikhs.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 4, 2003
Those who consider bank profits for deposits unlawful are mistaken and those who considered them lawful failed to present a sound reasoning. This is due to the fact that the two groups lack knowledge about the circumstances that accompanied the appearance of profits.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2005
Jamāl al-Bannā is a highly knowledgeable man who stands up in the face of practices aimed at repressing freedom of thought. He is, consequently, targeted by fundamentalists and extremists, and has been rejected by the Muslim Brotherhood, set up by his late elder brother Hasan al-Bannā.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2005 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 29, 2005
Jamāl al-Banna’s book Jawāz Imāmit al-Mar’a [the legality of women leading prayers] debates many issues, especially that of gender equality in Islam. He uses Dr. Amīna Wadoud leading men and women in prayers [in New York], as an example [for Muslim women].
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2005 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 29, 2005
The book Jawāz Imāmit al-Mar’a [the legality of women leading prayers], by Jamāl al-Banna, raises many questions for the reader.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2005 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2005
Those who resist power with Islam have first to know that Islamic rule was a product of a Muslim society raised on the Qur’an for 23 years...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2002
Egyptian Muslim scholars disagree on whether it is lawful under the Shari´a to celebrate New Year´s Day. Some scholars say it is not in the Islamic sunna and thus is forbidden. Others say it is lawful and not an imitation of non-Muslims.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2002
. Islamic thinkers Gamal Al-Banna and Selim Al-Awa believe that the Qur´an does not state any worldly punishment for apostasy and that apostates are punished in the hereafter. They stress that calling for punishment for apostasy is not in accordance with the Qur´anic principle that there is no...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2008
Jamāl al-Bannā defends the value of the freedom of expression, and criticizes the Islamic Research Academy’s censorship over books.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2002
[AWR: This is a full text translation of a Dutch text with permission of the author.]
Sociology professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim: “You can beat Saddam Hussein, no doubt. But what you cannot do is prevent a new Saddam Hussein from appearing, a new Bin Laden. As long as there is no democracy, no state...