Islamopedia Online

Emily O'Dell Emily O'Dell Emily O'Dell Emily O'Dell Emily O'Dell
PREFACE

Islamopedia is a collection of rulings and religious opinions addressing the most debated topics of Islamic tradition today: gender, sexuality, non-Muslims, violence, secularism. In the near future, we will present scholarly analysis of and commentary on these rulings and opinions.

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Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee in Egypt Bans Facebook:

Shaikh Abdolhamid Al-Atrash, the head of Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar in Cairo, issued a fatwa prohibiting the use of the Facebook social networking website, after an increase in divorce rates and the spread of rumors of marital infidelity.



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