Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2008
According to the author, people have not paid a lot of attention to the lawsuit that the grand imām of the Azhar has filed against the editor in chief of al-Fajr because people did not believe that he would enter into such a personal conflict.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2008
The author talks about an interview that involved Jamāl al-Bannā and Azhar scholars. The Azhar scholars reminded al-Bannā he was old and al-Bannā called for the purification of jurisprudence. He also discusses the fact that fatwás concerning the behavior and dress of women as sexual objects have...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2008
Akram Al-Sa‘danīsaid that in the current days, religious personalities have become government affiliates, thus producing a gap between them and the people. However, Pope Shenouda is an exception. He neither appeases nor clashes with the government. For this reason he is widely respected, which was...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2008
The article chronicles the appearance of famous dā‘iyahs in Egypt and covers the on-going struggle between the new dā‘iyahs and Salafis to take over the status of the publicly-adored dā‘iyah. The absence of an effective role of the Azhar is also questioned.
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Asmā’ Nassār wrote about a truly controversial issue; the privatization of the Azhar. She says that some of the prominent ’salafī’ Shaykhs, headed by Ja‘far Bin Idrīs, a Sudanese Shaykh, established an Islamic university in California in 1995. An exchange of scholars between this University and...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2008
Rose al-Yūsuf reports about different opinions regarding the recent decision to ban books written by Jamāl al-Bannā.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2008
The article lists comments made on some of the author’s e-articles published on the Web. The comments reflect the author’s opinion on the appearance of the new dā‘iyahs and the strategies they follow to gain access into the public’s preferences.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 13, 2008
The following article discusses the idea of presenting Jesus Christ on a satellite program as depicted in the Qur’ān.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 9, 2008
The article discusses the Azhar Grand Imām Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī’s lawsuit against the chief editor of al-Fajr daily in the context of legal claims that may lead to imprisonment of journalists for what they write.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 9, 2008
This article comments on the potential imprisonment of ‘Ādil Hammūdah and defends his position.