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Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi called for more demonstrations against the Israeli practices in Palestine, as demonstrations are a form of jihad. He added that no ruler has the right to prevent a Muslim from martyrdom or fulfilling the requirements of jihad. The rulers who prevent jihad are beyond doubt...
The Arabic section of the Voice of America interviewed some Muslim scholars and imams to give their opinions on issues like terrorism, jihad and the right of the USA to respond to the September 11 attacks. Such interviews were taped and hundreds of thousands of tapes were copied and send to the...
The US accused the Azhar University of teaching students by using a strict approach that leads to extremist thinking and to the establishment of terrorism. That was why the US asked the Islamic countries to reconsider the approaches they take in religious education. The article gives the comment of...
A group of Arab intellectuals intend to bring suit against Muslim sheikhs notorious for their instigating of violence fatwas with the accusation of encouraging terrorism. 3000 Arab and Muslim intellectuals from Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and the Gulf signed a memorandum for this purpose....
The Mufti of Egypt denies any intention to resign because of the discrepancy between his fatwas and those of the Islamic Research Institute, headed by the Sheikh of the Azhar, concerning martyrdom operations and boycotting American and Israeli products.
The mufti of Egypt said that the Palestinian resistance operations are martyrdom operations and even more elevated than this. He added that the religious discourse should be reconsidered, not to satisfy America but because it has been very superficial for long time.
The author recounts that he had once made an interview with the Sheikh of the Azhar when he was still the mufti of Egypt. In the interview, the Sheikh used obscene insults that an ordinary person will feel ashamed to say. He believes that the Sheikh of the Azhar deals with his post as an employee...
The Grand Imam sent a message to the German paper "Frankfurter Algemeine" commenting on martyrdom operations and the stand of Islam towards terrorism. "Letters to the Editor" show that the majority of Germans know little about Islam and that the dialogue needed between Islam and the West is a...
The Administrative Court scheduled May 4 to start looking into a complaint raised by lawyer Nabih Al-Wahsh, requesting stripping the sheikh of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, of his membership in the Islamic Research Institute, as a step towards suspending him. Al-Wahsh mentioned his...
‘Sheikh’ Fahmi Huweidi, says in one of our major newspapers, “All the circumstances indicate that the Israelis, not the Egyptian economy, are the target [of Taba attacks].” In that case we have to give up our values and Egyptian human heritage in order to view the killing of Israeli civilians as...

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