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Egypt’s International Conference for Fatwa Warns Against Circulating Misleading Fatwas

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Oct 19, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- The International Conference for Fatwa continued its second day of activities early on Wednesday. Participants used the platform to send out an important message on prohibiting and stopping self-styled and unauthorized Fatwas from being circulated among the...

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A general view of the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo January 23, 2012. Egypt’s parliament began its first session on Monday since an election put Islamists in charge of the assembly following the overthrow of Mubarak in February. REUTERS/Khaled Elfiqi/Pool (EGYPT – Tags: POLITICS) – RTR2WPY5

Egyptian Parliamentary Action against ‘Fatwa Chaos’

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Mar 11, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo-In an attempt to curb the uncontrollable fatwas that are sweeping Egyptian media, the Egyptian Parliament is preparing to face clerics issuing such fatwas on social media with a number of laws. “The Egyptian parliament is currently discussing three laws to...

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Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi speaks to a crowd as he leads Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on February 18, 2011.
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Opinion: Who’s Going to Tell Qaradawi?

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | May 15, 2014 | Opinion

Who wholly expect Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s religious authority and political orator, to vent his anger regarding what is taking place in Egypt these days. The octogenarian cleric is angry and frustrated. He must have thought, leaning on his...

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Iran’s heavy water nuclear facility near the central city of Arak, in this file photo dated Jan. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Nuclear Fatwa: Critical Times for the Gulf

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Mar 22, 2013 | Opinion

In a controversial interview, Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, spoke of the international community’s decade-long struggle to come to terms with Iranian nuclear weapons. However after ten years of proposals from the P5+1 group that have aimed to...