Fatwa

Arabisc: Arabic Bloggers Ken

by Haitham Sabbah June 2, 2006

The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices! This week in the Arabic Language blogsphere: Let’s start with the hard stuff. Tara from Iraq, has some rare seen images: Tara then writes: ????? ??? ??? ? ?? ???? ??? ????? ????? ????? ?? ???? [...]

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Statue fatwa?

by Haitham Sabbah April 6, 2006

Be aware, this sin will get you a ticket to hell: Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Shaikh Ali Gomaa, has issued a fatwa against the display of statues in private homes. Many Egyptians have small knock offs of busts of Ramses and other mementos of ancient Egyptian culture. Just add it to the list of stupid FATWA’S!

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Seminal questions?

by Haitham Sabbah January 18, 2006

As scholars question the place of nudity in marriage, Islamic clerics are hotly debating exactly what sexual practices are acceptable. This is how Brian Whitaker of The Guardian started his article. So, it seems that Brian was watching the discussion going on the Arab blogsphere lately and made his own search to come up with [...]

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Apostate: Keep Clothes on for Sex

by Haitham Sabbah January 10, 2006

Feeling horny? Grab your clothes and keep your eyes off your partner’s privates! Cairo – An Egyptian cleric’s controversial fatwa claiming that nudity during sexual intercourse invalidates a marriage has uncovered a rift among Islamic scholars. According to the religious edict issued by Rashad Hassan Khalil, a former dean of Al-Azhar University’s faculty of Sharia [...]

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SMS’ing Star Academy is Haram

by Haitham Sabbah December 30, 2005

Saudi mobile phone company Mobily has barred users from text message voting in the pan-Arab version of Star Academy, after an earlier religious edict deemed the show immoral. The program is carried by the Lebanese channel LBC and was very popular in its first two seasons. [Source: Reuters] Business decision based on funny Fatwa (religious [...]

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A fatwa on football?

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2005

Whoever says “foul,” “penalty”, “corner,” “goal”, “out” and others, should be punished and ejected from the game. Do not call “foul” and stop the game if someone falls, instead, it should be adjudicated according to Sharia rulings concerning broken bones and injuries. Do not play with 11 people. Add to this number or decrease it. [...]

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Fatwa Show

by Haitham Sabbah October 9, 2005

Al Azhar wants to screen Fatwas TV Show’s. Seems the guys in Al Azhar are running out of business!

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Ayatollah Fatwa Online!

by Haitham Sabbah June 2, 2005

Want to have breast implants but worried they may not be so pleasing to God? Wondering if the marketing campaign devised to boost your business is spiritually sound? If you are a Shia looking for guidance, what you may find useful is your very own online ayatollah – a sort of electronic agony aunt with [...]

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Saudi religious scholars condemn Arab pop idol

by Haitham Sabbah May 12, 2005

Last month they detained him. Yesterday, Saudi religious scholars have condemned an Arab television “Star Academy” competition as a crime against Islam and urged the Saudi Arabian pop singer who triumphed last month to repent. More than 60 sheikhs rounded on the fresh-faced Hisham Abdulrahman, whose victory in the Star Academy reality show triggered the [...]

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Arab Discriminates Against Women. Why Is That So?

by Haitham Sabbah December 1, 2004

Last week, Guardian-organised event at which more than 100 young British Muslims were brought together at University College London. The delegates came from all walks of life, and held a wide range of views. The one thing that came across very clearly was that the media are often wrong to refer to “the Muslim community”, [...]

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Fatwa: Internet Haram For Women

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2004

… except in the presence of a male guardian. From Al-Qabas, via Kuwait Unplugged [via: AraBlog, Chan'ad]

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