Fatwa Issued Against Controversial Sufi Book

by Suzanne Marmion, Fall 2003 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of "The World"

Al Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest authority, has issued a fatwa or religious edict calling for the banning "Commandments of Love for Women," a new book by Egyptian Sufi poet Ahmad Al-Shahawy. Although the Egyptian government has not banned the book, it remains controversial. Suzanne Marmion reports for PRI's "The World."

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