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Veiling is compulsory in Islam, debate unacceptable: Al-Azhar
Society

Veiling is compulsory in Islam, debate unacceptable: Al-Azhar

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s main religious institution, asserted on Monday in a fatwa, or religious decree, that it is…
Al-Azhar accredits 50 clerics to give official fatwas on TV
Egypt

Al-Azhar accredits 50 clerics to give official fatwas on TV

Muslim Egyptians are set to receive televised clarifications and explanations on Islamic religious matters from 50 religious clerics accredited by Egypt’s largest…
Vicious attack on Azhar suggests conspiracy on Islam, says Grand Sheikh
Egypt

Vicious attack on Azhar suggests conspiracy on Islam, says Grand Sheikh

Al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb said Tuesday that there have been vicious and systematic attacks against the institution and that…
Egyptian Fatwa House says working in cigarettes companies haram in Islam
Society

Egyptian Fatwa House says working in cigarettes companies haram in Islam

Working in cigarette factories is prohibited in Islam according to a recent Fatwa issued by Dar Al-Ifta Al-Misriya (the Egyptian…
Getting tattoo permissible for girls, sin for boys: Egypt’s former Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa
Life & Style

Getting tattoo permissible for girls, sin for boys: Egypt’s former Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa

Traditionally, permanently tattooing the body has long been considered a sin in Islam because it involves “mutilating” the body, changing…
Fatwa services now at Cairo metro stations
Egypt

Fatwa services now at Cairo metro stations

Official Spokesperson of the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operations Ahmed Abd al-Hady, announced that Azhar Islamic Research Academy’s…
Unauthorized religious fatwa punishable by prison in new bill
Egypt

Unauthorized religious fatwa punishable by prison in new bill

The Religious Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives approved on Thursday the draft law regulating the general fatwa, which…
World fatwa authorities meet in Cairo
Egypt

World fatwa authorities meet in Cairo

Fatwa authorities around the world are meeting in Cairo under the umbrella of the Egyptian Dar al-Ifta. Grand Mufti Shawki Allam…
A fatwa: IS takes after Al-Khawarij in slaughter
Egypt

A fatwa: IS takes after Al-Khawarij in slaughter

The Dar al-Ifta issued a fatwa (religious edict) saying the Islamic State takes after the Al-Khawarij in their methods of…
Six weirdest fatwas of 2014
Egypt

Six weirdest fatwas of 2014

“God’s agents" — that was the term that famed 13th-century Islamic Jurist Ibn al-Qaayyim al-Jawziya gave to reflect how critical…
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