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The chairman of the board of directors of the United Bank of Egypt, Muhammad ‘Ashmāwī, has told al-Jumhūrīyah that the current millionaire’s share certificate would be adjusted to be consistent with the Islamic sharī‘a and Christian teachings.
The article is an interview with the Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gom´aa. He expresses his anger with the Egyptian press, believing that some publications deliberately exploit religion to arrive at certain aims. He adds that he has been exposed to unjust campaigns waged against him by certain...
The article comments on the “provoking” activities of the American Embassy in Egypt. One of these activities is attacking the Egyptian press. The American ambassador to Egypt is no longer content with attacking the opposition or independent papers. He is now attacking national papers like Al-Akhbar...
Al-Liwa Al-Islami published the first part of an interview with Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt. This part discusses the role of Dar Al-Ifta´, the uniform of Al Azhar, the various bases for making a fatwa, and the relations between the Dar Al-Ifta´ and Al Azhar.
The article presents views of religious scholars on the fatwa of murder of mercy that allows stopping the use of medical equipments in cases of brain death (clinical death).
Islamic web sites have succeeded lately in attracting a great percentage of Egyptian youth. They consider such sites a substitute for the new preachers. Many of the Egyptian youth have a strong connection with them. Thus when these preachers left Egypt, they caused psychical disorders for the youth...
A recent letter from Watani reader Mr. Nabil Mahmoud Wali took me back to the Problems on Hold file. Under the title “Egypt’s maligned Copts,” Mr Wali wrote on a taboo issue—that of religious conversion in Egypt
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...
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...
In this article, Egypt´s new Mufti speaks about the duties of Dar El-Ifta´ and the issues on which it can and cannot give fatwas. He said that it is important for specialists beside religious scholars to be consulted on issues such as genetic engineering, banking and medicine. This makes the fatwas...

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