... of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, an influential institution developed by the Qatar-based Egyptian scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi (b. 1926) to develop Islamic jurisprudence catering for the specific needs of Muslim minorities in Europe (fiqh al-aqalliyyat). Islam Muslim Brotherhood...

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...This chapter demonstrates how the creation of a transnational institution such as the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) are not the outcome of local efforts from European Muslims at the grassroots level. Instead, the ECFR is the result of a top-down approach intended to project...

...On 26 May 2012, Kadivar in his colleagues published an open letter to six Shi’ite authorities criticizing their Judgements (fatwa) on Apostasy of an Iranian singer. The main subjects of this letter are: Instead of Targeting the Effect, Target the Cause, Two Strands of Extremism, The Compassionate...

...This chapter is the second part of the ‘The Background of the Treatise’ and it is the open letter of Mohsen Kadivar to his former classmate Mohammad Javād Fāzel Lankarānī (Lankarānī Jr.) on 28 November 2011. It has two sections: Objections to the Assassination Fatwa and the Lawfulness of Shedding...

...In his open letter to a Shi’ite authority in December 2013, Kadivar wrote: Naser Makārem Shīrāzī’s opinions and fatwas represent the vanguard of an inquisition in Shiʿism, especially the horrific fatwas he issued against Dr. ‘Alī Aṣghar Gharavī, author of the article “Imam [Ali]: Political Leader...

...This chapter provides a translated rules of conduct and regulations of Suhrawardi's futawwat nama, first presenting the meaning of futawwat and its etymology, fatwa, and then discussing other kinds of futawwat...

... been fostering through halal certification for the past three decades. This chapter argues that MUI produces fatwas and religious advice that cherish illiberal attitudes towards religious freedom. Through its strategic positioning as the guardian of the ummah and its shari’ah agenda, MUI has become...

... issued on 27 November 2011. Banī Fazl Mortezā fatwas Lankarānī Sr Moḥammad Fāżel Taqī Rafīq Christianity Prophet Rushdie Salman San‘at Qaz’atī newspaper Iran Lankarānī Jr Moḥammad Javād Fāżel Rafiq Taqi Mohammad Javād Fāzel Lankarānī (Lankarānī Jr.) Mohammad Fāzel Lankarānī (Lankarānī Sr...