Thursday 21 November 2024

Freedom of opinion and expression

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam: Abdel Rahim Ali (15)

A debate between Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, and Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, has stirred a wide controversy as the Grand Imam’s replies indicated that renewing the religious discourse in Egypt is only preserved to the Al-Azhar Institution.

Tuesday 05-07-2022 06:22 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (14)

True Islam advocates freedom of opinion and expression without limits. It grants people the right to choose based on their free will, without coercion. 12 achievements by the School of Renewal and Ijtihad in Islamic Thought Most notably: the necessity of separating state from religion, calling for

Tuesday 05-07-2022 06:16 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (Part 13)

In the previous part, we talked about the contemporary voices of renewal and their devotion to the belief in freedom of opinion and expression. 5- Gamal Al-Banna In his book “Freedom of Opinion in Islam”, Gamal Al-Banna says that belief and disbelief are a personal issue and not among the issues of

Tuesday 05-07-2022 06:08 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam: Abdel Rahim Ali (12)

A debate between Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, and Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, has stirred a wide controversy as the Grand Imam’s replies indicated that renewing the religious discourse in Egypt is only preserved to the Al-Azhar Institution.

Tuesday 05-07-2022 06:04 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam: Abdel Rahim Ali (11)

A debate between Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, and Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, has stirred a wide controversy as the Grand Imam’s replies indicated that renewing the religious discourse in Egypt is only preserved to the Al-Azhar Institution.

Tuesday 05-07-2022 06:01 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (10)

Islamic conquests had never been against freedom of expression, but came to penalize those betraying their countries God Almighty sent down heavenly books with religions. He did not send down a sword or angels that order people to follow any of these religions. Prophet Muhammad {PBUH} spent ten days

Tuesday 05-07-2022 05:57 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (Part 9)

* The Prophet did not show any enmity to war criminals in the conquest of Mecca and did not force anyone to convert to Islam. In the previous episodes, we dealt with the freedom of opinion and expression in the Quran, which reached the point of God bringing down dialogue to the level of human beings

Saturday 02-07-2022 02:41 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam: Abdel Rahim Ali (8)

A debate between Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, and Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, has stirred a wide controversy as the Grand Imam’s replies indicated that renewing the religious discourse in Egypt is only preserved to the Al-Azhar Institution.

Friday 01-07-2022 03:57 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam: Abdel Rahim Ali (7)

A debate between Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, and Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, has stirred a wide controversy as the Grand Imam’s replies indicated that renewing the religious discourse in Egypt is only preserved to the Al-Azhar Institution.

Friday 01-07-2022 03:53 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (Part 6)

We had noted in the previous article that after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) migrated from Mecca to Medina, he faced several types of enemies, and we dealt with the explanation and analysis of the first type, represented by the Quraish, who fought the Messenger and showed enmity towards

Friday 01-07-2022 03:45 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (Part 5)

Legislation of fighting came in response to aggression and was disliked by the Muslims The debate between Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb and Cairo University President Dr. Mohamed Othman El-Khosht sparked widespread controversy after it was understood from the Imam’s response that the issue

Friday 01-07-2022 03:38 PM

Abdul Rahim Ali writes: Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam [4]

The superior Islamic ideas, which we presented in the previous pages, may find someone to address and reject in the name of Islam. The declared argument is that many of the verses mentioned are abrogated, and there is no argument to rely on. They claim that the verses of Surah At-Tawbah, especially

Monday 27-06-2022 07:56 PM

Abdul Rahim Ali writes: Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam [3]

When Allah created the human being, he gave him the mind that decides whether to believe or not.

Monday 27-06-2022 06:59 PM

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