“Excluded from its context” … Amna Naseer explains the truth about her statement about “a Muslim woman who marries a non-Muslim”

Dr. Amna Naseer, professor of faith and philosophy at Al-Azhar University, issued a statement regarding the controversy surrounding her statement that “there is no legal text that prohibits the marriage of a Muslim woman to a person of the People of the Book (Christian or Jewish) “. Jurists ».

The statement added that the statement attributed to her “came in response to one of the seminar’s questions about the existence of a Quran text prohibiting the marriage of a Muslim woman to a man from the People of the Book. Jurists so that children do not enter the religion of the non-Muslim father; Consequently, it categorically affirms its support for the prohibition that arose from the opinion of the majority of jurists so that children do not leak or their faith be dispersed between the Muslim mother and the father belonging to the People of the Book. As for marriage to a polytheist or polytheist, it is absolutely forbidden by the existence of the Qur’anic text which explicitly forbids it, and no diligence of any kind is allowed.

Dr. Amna Naseer emphasized the importance of renewal in religion and its rhetoric and the need for diligence in emerging jurisprudential issues without issues in which the text of the Quran was revealed, which is what she has lived doing throughout her life. academic career.

And I called on everyone to adhere to the honesty of the word, to the sincerity of the broadcast, and not to be taken out of context to achieve precedence or raise controversial issues in the media and social networks.

Naseer indicated that any statement contrary to what is expressed in this statement is “a statement excluded from its original context and contains fraud and a desire to inflame sedition.”