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Birthday Greetings from Hizbollah

The popular adage that the most concise book title is also the most attention grabbing isn't always true. A title like "The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a

‘Screens to heaven’

More and more conservative religious channels are appearing on the small screen, changing the way people consume religion, writes Mohamed El-Sayed.

Al-Azhar says no fatwa against Facebook

“If people think Facebook will lead to sex, then they need to grow up,” said Ahmed Badrawi, a 22-year-old university student. “The Internet has so many things and to say

In Egypt, female taxi drivers for women only

The Committee of Fatwas of al-Azhar, which is responsible for issuing Islamic fatwas, or decisions, said it would allow women to work as taxi drivers in the country, but only

Postponement of the decision of Soliman’s presidency over the Petroleum Services Company.

The General Assembly of the Fatwa and Legislation in the State Council announced that it will decide on January 20, 2010 the legitimacy of Dr. Ibrahim Soliman's presidency,

Drop the knife: Stop FGM

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) usually involves the removal of the clitoris and other parts of female genitalia. It is considered by many people in Egypt as a necessary practice that

The Internet Islamist Politics in Jordan, Morocco, and Egypt

The end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first saw a dissemination of the Internet as a center of communication, information, entertainment and commerce. The spread of

Muslim Scholars: Backing Resistance Is A Religious Duty

Daily New York Sun and United Press Agency quoted a fatwa issued by Saudi Mufti sheikh Abdullah Jebreen and Kuwaiti prominent scholar Sheikh Hamed el Aley as prohibiting support of Hizbullah