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Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2006 to الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 22, 2006
Sayyid Ghannām
writes about the latest controversial fatwá issued by the
muftī. The fatwá
argues that a woman who delivered a child four years after her
husband’s death is not adulterous and that pregnancy
can span more than nine months.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 14, 2006
A group of prominent experts from different academic backgrounds and ideological orientations, both Muslim and Christian, discussed whom the Regensburg lecture was really aiming at and how the current crisis could be constructively faced. They called for a reconsideration of the basis on which...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2003
The article is an interview with Sheikh Gamal Qutb, former head of the Azhar Fatwa Committee. He presented his assessment of the religious discourse of the Azhar. He believes that the discourse of the Azhar is suffering from the same problems the Islamic religious discourse suffers from all over...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2005
There have been a high number of religious conversions reported in the press in recent months. Islamist and Evangelical groups are capitalizing on financial hardship by bribing people to change their religion, against the rules of Islam.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 13, 2005 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 19, 2005
After the London bombings, problems have increased for Muslims in Europe. As a result, religious scholars have issue fatwas that rescind Islamic practices, such as the veiling of women, in order to bridge the divide between European and Islamic societies.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2006
In his interview with Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a, the muftī of Egypt, the author of the article asks about fatwas and those qualified to issue them.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2004
Dr. Amna Nosseir, a professor of jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, has been calling on the Dar Al-Ifta to set up a council involving all specializations in all walks of life to thoroughly study public affairs of concern to major issues in society like organ transplants, bank profits and...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2005
Dr. ‘Alī Jumca, Muftī of Egypt, allowed the cremating the bodies of the victims of the Tsunami that hit Asia, in order to prevent the spread of epidemics. This opinion raised arguments in Egypt and the Azhar.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 9, 2004
A laundry shop owner once inquired about whether he should continue ironing women’s trousers. The fatwa came as shocking as the question is: if these trousers are worn outdoors then the laundryman should not iron them because in that case he is aiding the wrongdoing of tabaruj [make-up and other...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2001
The American embassy in one of the Arab countries sent the officials in that Arab country a strange note. The note included many demands concerning the necessity of reconsidering the religious and historical curriculums taught in schools and universities. The article exposes the opinions of some...
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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.