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Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The article talks about the chaos of Fatwás being issued on TV by a number of unofficial Muftīs. It also mentions the statement of the Islamic Research Academy regarding these Fatwás which marks the end of the satellite Fatwás.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
A new Islamic satellite channel
launched five
months ago is said to be successful with the people, but is also criticized by scholars for promoting
extremist salafist ideas.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
In an attempt to quench the uproar over his recent fatwá that appeared
to allow the
killing of Israeli Jews worldwide, Muslim dā‘īyah Shaykh
Safwat
Hijāzī, explains in two interviews with Sawt al-Ummah and al-Wafd that his
fatwá
should only be carried out during wartime.
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2006
The article deals with the
security interference in the selection of preachers for mosques, citing
a letter signed by a police major
general prohibiting Dr. Safwat Hijāzī from delivering sermons in
mosques after he gave a
fatwá allowing the killing of Israeli tourists.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A
few days ago Muslim dā‘īyah, Dr. Safwat
Hijāzī, issued a fatwá
urging Muslims to declare war against Israeli civilians worldwide.
The fatwá was severely
condemned by the Azhar, the highest religious institution in the Muslim
world, as incorrect and
terrorist in nature.
Date of source:
The author says that Islam is nothing but faith and
sharī‘a
[Islamic law], and therefore criticizes those preachers who preach about ‘unseen
things’, which is, frankly
speaking, not proved by prophetic traditions and stories.
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2004
Ramadan [holiest month of Muslim calendar, when fasting is observed] is like a high season for sheikhs when they are to be found everywhere you look.
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Safwat Higazi is now the sheikh favored by all members of the upper class. He goes to their houses to deliver his fatwas and he is working to become a substitute for Amr Khaled. Higazy represents no real threat to the new preacher. Now is his chance to occupy the scene in the coming days.
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.