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Meet Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun, Syria’s “Grand Mufti”

January 19, 2010

“If politeness and ceremony be observed toward Mohammedans, they imagine they are feared and become arrogant; but in showing severity and rudeness, they are impressed with fear and respect, and they are supple and manageable.” –North China Herald,1867 It is mindboggling that headbangers like this Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun  are allowed to speak at the EU parliament. [...]

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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Files Lawsuit Against Sheikh Tantawi’s Burqa Fatwa

October 14, 2009

Veiled criticism From Al-Arabiya H/T Elder of Zion A group of MPs and an Islamist lawyer waged an unprecedented legal battle against one of Egypt’s top Imams on Saturday after he issued a ban on women wearing the burka, or face veil, at any schools affiliated to al-Azhar, the world’s top Sunni Islam institution. Kuwait [...]

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Temporary Marriages are Cool, sez Egypt’s Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa

April 28, 2009

H/T Jawa Report Sheikh Ali Goma’a (Arabic:علي جمعة ‘Alī Jum‘ah) is the Grand Mufti of Egypt through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyahsucceeding Ahmad El-Tayeb. He has been called “one of the most widely respected jurists in the Sunni Muslim world,” and described as “a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam,” gender equality, and an “object of hatred among Islamists.” He specializes in the science of the foundations of [...]

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