fatwa
Salafi preachers urge families of revolution martyrs to accept blood money
Egypt
January 19, 2012
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
November 28, 2011
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
August 15, 2011
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
December 27, 2010
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
October 8, 2010
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
March 31, 2010
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…