Egyptian fatwa: Growing a beard unrelated to Islamic law
00:00 - 01 يناير, 1970
Growing a beard, or shaving it off, are unrelated to Sharia (Islamic) law, according to a fatwa (religious edict) issued Monday by Egypt’s Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, and published today in Youm 7 newspaper.
The fatwa quotes the late prominent Egyptian religious scholar and Islamic theologian