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Salafi preachers urge families of revolution martyrs to accept blood money
Egypt

Salafi preachers urge families of revolution martyrs to accept blood money

Salafi preachers Mohamed Hassan and Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud issued a fatwa (religious edict) on Thursday saying that families of martyrs…
Egypt’s muftis prohibit vote buying
Egypt

Egypt’s muftis prohibit vote buying

Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa, the board of muftis, issued a religious decree on Monday that prohibits candidates from buying votes. The…
Rebelling against Tantawi is ‘haram’, says prominent sheikh
Egypt

Rebelling against Tantawi is ‘haram’, says prominent sheikh

Prominent Islamist Sheikh Mohamed Amer has declared that Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, supreme commander of the Egyptian armed forces, should…
Grand mufti denounces fatwa calling for killing ElBaradei
Egypt

Grand mufti denounces fatwa calling for killing ElBaradei

‘“The fatwa [religious edict] that calls for killing ElBaradei was issued by an incompetent man,” said Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa,…
Public outcry after Salafi preacher’s fatwa on antiquities
Egypt

Public outcry after Salafi preacher’s fatwa on antiquities

A group of Egyptian citizens have filed a complaint to the office of the attorney-general demanding the cancelation of a…
Muslim scholars Recast Jihadists’ favorite fatwa
World

Muslim scholars Recast Jihadists’ favorite fatwa

Paris--Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the religious edict radical Islamists often cite to…
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