Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2005
Embattled Egyptian women’s rights activist Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī launched her campaign at the Dutch parliament in The Hague amidst a crowd of journalists and reporters.
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005
It is not acceptable from Muslims to invoke or pray for curses to befall on non-Muslims, for that was not what Prophet Muhammad used to do with his enemies, said Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a in an interview.
Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2005
Throughout their history, Muslims have never encountered what is now called women’s issues regarding work, political participation or any other aspect, neither during the age of Islamic glory, nor during the stages of weakness, said Mufti of the Republic ‘Alī Jumca in an interview
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2005 to Friday, June 24, 2005
Rome established the meaning of citizenship, the citizen’s rights and duties. The Roman citizen was a member in a centesimal council managed by an elected person. The councils’ managers formed the National Assembly that chose their leader and decided on what official employees and members of the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 9, 2004
Many questions raised during the six sessions of a conference on the Arab world held at the German Bundestag (parliament) were answered but more had been left pending. The answered ones deal with what Europeans want from the Arab world and what the Arabs want from Europe.
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2004
Dr. Ali Gom’a, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, said the Hejab [veil covering a woman’s hair] is obligatory for all girls as soon as they reach puberty. He added that such an opinion is based on the Qur’an and sunna [sayings or actions of the prophet.]
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Considering the large number of female professors of fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] and shari’a [Islamic law,] who actually practice ifta [fatwa-giving] on satellite channels, newspapers and magazines, isn’t it high time that the giving of fatwas by female jurists is done in an officially recognized...
Date of source: Sunday, November 28, 2004
Like an ice ball, sectarian sedition feeds on all it encounters en route, thus growing larger and more threatening to national unity in Egypt, read a feature by Al-Arabi!
A few days back, sectarian sedition flames came to the surface in Assiut with one of the National Democratic Party NDP leaders...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2004 to Friday, November 26, 2004
The problem is that everybody is talking about the correct version of Islam without really knowing what correct Islam is, in other words an Islam that goes in line with the manners of our age and the latter’s way of thinking.
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2002
The Mufti of Egypt explains that some journalists committed mistakes in their reports about the fatwa of the Islamic Research Institute concerning bank interest. They reported that the fatwa permits bank "interest" while it permits bank "profits." They reported that the fatwa permits all ways of...