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Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that giving fatwas to Muslims, regarding their personal and general affairs is not limited to the Mufti and that all scholars share this with him. The Mufti believes that all Muslim scholars are allowed to give fatwas, but there are guidelines. He said...
The Mufti of Egypt issued a fatwa prohibiting competitions based on making special-rate phone calls, considering them a form of gambling prohibited by Islam. The fatwa caused wide controversy in religious, media, and communication circles. One of the competition programs the Mufti referred to was "...
The three books deal with issues like peace, brotherhood, cooperation and dealings among people. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi says that it is not appropriate to forbid a book because it has verses from the Bible. Islam guarantees freedom of religion to all people.
"The formation period in the life of Mohammed" written by Khalil Abdel-Karim caused widespread arguments. Dr. Abdel-Azim Al-Matani of the Azhar University accused the author of harming Islam and disfiguring the Prophet Mohammed. The book claimed that Mohammed imagined receiving the Qur’an from...
The author is of the opinion that some scientific facts could be diminished by popular ideas disguised by religion one time, and ethics or politics at other times. The ex-President of Cairo University and ex-Minister of Health, testified before the Islamic Research Institute that it was very...
The minister of communications decided to stop the Islamic hotline, especially after telephone subscribers began complaining about their inflated bills. Sherif Abdel-Megid, son of the former Secretary General of the Arab League, who started the service, filed a request to the minister asking to...
Azhar Scholars demanded that a couple should not be separated, in a case where one of them has rejected a foundation of Islam, until the case has been discussed and ruled on in court. Professor Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi said that what has happened with Nawal Sa’adawi should be discussed before taking the...
Brotherhood MPs are preparing a campaign aimed at television, its budget, programs, drama, and the female television announcers. They filed about 500 information requests, choosing popular topics to start crisis: three sex novels published by the Ministry of Culture, the Miss Egypt competition,...
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi and Bishop Bissenti differ concerning Eve’s creation from Adam’s rib. The former rejected the idea, arguing that it would belittle women’s position and stressed that it was not mentioned in Islam. Bishop Bissenti said that this fact is assured in the three heavenly religions...
Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar wrote an article on the cosmic verses in the Qur’an. In this article he wrote that the revealed books before the Qur’an were all lost or altered. Therefore, the Qur’an is the only book where reciting it is like praying. The author believes that Al-Naggar should not have...

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