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Egypt: Protest Against Fatwa Allowing Soccer Players to Break Ramadan Fasting
News article, posted 03.24.2010
, from
Egypt
, in:
Fasting
Source:
BBC in Arabic
URL:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2009/08/090825_mr_football_iftar_tc2.shtm...
Dar Al Ifta al-Misriyah has issued a fatwa allowing the players of the Egyptian soccer team to break the fast if necessary. This fatwa raised a protest from the National Front of the Ulamas.
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