ASSIGNMENT
Professor Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Al-Mubarak is an academic at the College of Sharia, at the Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia.
DESCRIPTION 1
The Internet, satellite television and even the telephone are now increasingly used in Islam to transfer Fatwas — religious decrees.
A fatwa is a ruling by a recognized Islamic scholar, often on a weighty matter. But the traditional definition is becoming blurred as Muslims turn to Islamic websites and “tele-imams” for advice on how to live their lives. However, traditional and very rigidly produced Fatwas are now seeing a change. Many modern Muftis and academics increasingly finding a need to localize, and individualize Fatwas, according to the situated context of the person requesting the Fatwa, the cultural context, and a number of other factors.
DESCRIPTION 2
Traditional styles and philosophies influencing the development of Fatwas now see a strengthening and a exemplifying, and a strong movement toward considering a number of more intricate factors.