Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2002
The American Ambassador to Cairo asked the Mufti to issue a fatwa forbidding martyrdom operations as he considers them to be terrorism. The Mufti said that these issues were related to Islam and no one could tell Muslims what to say concerning their religious issues. He said that these operations...
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2002
A Lebanese scholar issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims to deposit money in American banks and associations because the interest on this money benefits the Israeli existence. Dean of the Faculty of Education at the Azhar University said that this fatwa complied with the Islamic Shari´a. A member...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2002
The Grand Imam believes that the Palestinian operations against Israelis are martyrdom operations if committed against militants and suicidal ones if against civilians. Sheikh Al-Qaradawi believes that they are martyrdom operations whether against militants or civilians. It is foolish and useless...
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2006
Many Azhar scholars have rejected female circumcision and even criminalized it based on the notion that the practice has never been a duty or obligation in Islam and there are no texts in the Qur’ān or sunna [the Prophet Muhammad’s tradition] that encourage it.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005
The author argues that the American embassy in Cairo has been interfering in Egypt’s internal affairs for years, and a few days ago, denied the head of the Fatwa Committee at the Azhar access to the United States.
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2004
Jurisprudential controversy over bank interest is back again with a fatwa of the Grand Imam of the Azhar saying interests are halal [lawful according to the Islamic shari’a] whether they are fixed in advance or not. However, bank interest is still a hot issue for many religious scholars.
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2005
The Grand Imām of the Azhar called upon the attendees of Friday prayers to participate in the referendum on the amendment of article 76 of the constitution. He insinuated that those who call for boycotting the referendum are “holders of testimony
Date of source: Saturday, August 10, 2002
Rose El-Youssef’s special series on extremism sheds light upon the extremist Al-Tahrir Party [Liberation party] that plans to establish Islamic rule, the book of “Al-Sufur Wa Al-Hijab [Unveiling and Veiling]” and so-called Islamic medicine. It also interviews the Sheikh of the Azhar on Islamic...
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
The Islamic Research Institute issued a fatwa confirming that bank interests are permissible and does not involve any type of usury. The fatwa aroused controversy in the banking sector and between a large number of investors to such extent that some of them asked for the abolishment of the so-...
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
The Grand Imam of the Azhar asked the Secretary General of the Islamic Research Institute to review the names of the Fatwa Committee members. The cautions of the Grand Imam will limit political fatwa-giving, yet it will not stop it