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The issue of selecting a head of state was included in a body of principles in the Islamic sharīca and the fiqh [jurisprudence]. The article mentions five different principles of choosing a head of state from an Islamic point of view.
Muslims are no doubt responsible for their religion being abused. They helped through their actions, which are not related to Islamic teachings, in accusing their religion of terrorism and blood thirst.
There is nothing more dangerous to the existence and future of humanity than tampering with its areas of choice: the mind.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Nagar said that Muslim scholars, who participated in the inter-religious dialogue that was held in Japan, succeeded in correcting many of non-Muslim misconceptions of Islam. Their success shows that there is a persistent need to coordinate among scholars, preachers and organizations...
The author explains that disputes among Muslims are negatively affecting Islamic unity. These disputes are the result of two widespread misconceptions. The first is taqiyā and the second is the extreme sanctification of imāms.
‘Abd Allāh al-Najjār states that Islam has called for sustaining the principle of dialogue between religions and condemning any lethal fanaticism or aggression. He argues that religion is the most important thing in life and therefore should not be disparaged or disrespected.
Those whom the people voted into parliament now have to work on realizing the interests of the nation, not themselves.
The topic of the Friday prayer speech can be either determined by the state or left to the imāms of the mosques. The author outlines some of the positive and negative aspects of each system.
In reaction to the U.S. refusal to grant Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hamīd al-Atrash access to the United States, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwi, gave instructions not to allow the Religious Freedom Commission of the U.S. Department of State to enter the shaykhdom of the Azhar.
American reports stressed that leading figures of the Egyptian National Democratic Party, including Gamal Mubarak, head of the party's Policies Secretariat, succumbed to the pressures of Washington and Tel Aviv to publish an apology in Al-Liwaa' Al-Islami [AWR, 2004, week 35, art. 35] for the...

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