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Fatwa and how fatwas are made in Islam (Parts 3-4)

Definition of Mufti and Grand Mufti Definition of Mufti and Grand Mufti - “A mufti is a scholarly rank a Muslim jurist reaches through study and certification. It enables them to look into Islamic positive law and draw relevant rulings for a current situation. Throughout history, the ruling class would choose from among this distinguished class [...]

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Fatwa and how fatwas are made in Islam (Parts 1-2)

“A fatwa is a legal opinion issued by an expert (mufti) demonstrating a ruling within Islamic law based on evidence as a response to a question” (Sheikh Ali Gomaa).

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What does the culture say?

I am a student of Islam and have been learning about what the Qur’an says from a non-Western perspective.   I’ve been looking into Qur’an 4:34  and what it says about beating one’s wife.  Here is  Ali Gomaa’s teaching.  Gomaa is the Grand Mufti of Egypt,   Gomaa comes across to me as saying, Muslims must first ask what [...]

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Death for Apostasy?

Yesterday’s post dealt with the topic of apostasy in Islam.  Here are some Muslim voices who reject the death penalty for apostasy from Islam, Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa, has unequivocally told the Washington Post that the death penalty for apostasy no longer applies. Dr. Hisham Hellyer, a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies [...]

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