Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
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The Egyptian press paid special attention to the situation Muslims in
America and Europe are now facing as a result of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which
were claimed to be executed by Arab Muslim extremists. Although Muslims in America condemned the attacks, they...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 14, 2000
Al-Arabi
reviewed the opinions of different intellectuals and prominent figures among them are:
" General Fou’ad Allam,
Ex-Manager of the State Security Police, who said that it is very difficult to confirm whether someone was behind
the demonstrations of the students of the Azhar,
" Spokesman...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2006
Divorce issues pose serious problems in many Copts’ private life and are causing a severe conflict between the state and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2006
A number of
Bahā’īs respond to the State Commissioner Authority’s report that considered them
murtad. The article stresses how the Bahā’īs will appeal this decree in an
attempt to
gain equal status as Egyptian citizens.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2006
Dr. Ahmad
al-Tayyib, chancellor of the Azhar University and former Muftī of Egypt,
expressed his
anxiety about what is going on with fatwá’s in an interview with Dr. Durrīyah
Sharaf al-
Dīn. He stressed the superficiality of some Muslims nowadays and the compelling need to move from
appearance...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2006
Hilmī al-Nimnim answers
October’s rumor
about the Azhar preventing a book from being published.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2006
The Azhar does not report about the real figures of those who convert to Islām out of fear for sectarian riots.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 6, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute issued a
statement declaring
its rejection of associating Islām with terrorism and explaining the true meaning of Jihād in
Islam. The
Brotherhood member Dr. Essam al-Erian said that the definition the Azhar gave of Jihād went along with
the
Brotherhood’s...
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Many
conferences about terrorism and the distorted image of Arabs and Muslims in the Western media
were held last week.
The International Council for Mission and Aid held an inter-religious dialogue
conference in the Azhar. The Islamic
Council for inter-civilization dialogue and the Islamic...