Egypt’s top cleric plans face veil ban in schools

Egypt’s top cleric plans face veil ban in schools Egypt’s top Islamic cleric is planning to ban students wearing the face veil from entering the schools of Al Azhar, Sunni Islam’s premier institute of learning, according to a newspaper report. A security official also said that police have orders to bar girls covered from head [...]

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Darul Uloom Deoband declares India ‘Dar al-Aman’

Fatwa declares India ‘Dar al-Aman’ Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: Challenged by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to issue a fatwa (religious edict) declaring India a Dar al-Aman (country friendly to Islam), where jihad (holy war) is meaningless, the country’s top Islamic seminary, the Darul Uloom at Deoband, on Sunday did just that. The fatwa was [...]

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Tantawi comes to agreement with Vatican to carry out ‘cleanup’ of Islamic textbooks

Al-Azhar’s head Tantawi comes to an agreement with Vatican to carry out ‘cleanup’ of Islamic textbooks On photo: Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, head of Al-Azhar University, had given a secret order on “cleanup” of Islamic textbooks a long time. According to sources from Egypt, the head of the oldest Islamic university Al-Azhar, which is more than [...]

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Al-Qaradawi Invokes Mercy Upon the Pope

Al-Qaradawi Invokes Mercy Upon the Pope (In an al-Jazeerah program back in 2005 after the death of the pope, al-Qaradawi had the following to say.) It has been our habit on this program to speak about the great scholars of the Muslims when they left this world to the abode of the hereafter, but today [...]

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