Fatwa Issued Against Controversial Sufi Book

Fellows Fall 2003

By Suzanne Marmion

May 29, 2009

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."