Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2005
‘Abd al- Muncim Sālih stated in this article that there is definitely foreign interference behind the Azhar’s decision to allow the circulation of the book by President George W. Bush’s forefather on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 18, 2005
The author argues that the government wanted to close the matter of the conversion of Wafā’ Qustantīn, a Coptic Orthodox priest’s wife, to Islam as quickly as possible without considering the possible repercussions which could breach citizens’ right to choose their religious belief according to...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 17, 2005
The prominent Egyptian writer and scholar Dr. Sayyed al-Qimnī has suddenly declared that he renounces all his previous writings, which discussed Islamic tradition from historical and critical perspectives. He said that he had received an assassination threat from the Jihād Organization via an email...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2005
The school textbooks of the Azhar, especially those of the secondary grade, were authored to make a thousand Bin Lādins instead of contemporary ‘ulamā’s who can stand up against terrorism.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2005
I do not doubt for a single moment that Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has been abreast in detail of the instructions given to the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, from the presidency about from the campaign of support for the president in Egyptian mosques, which,...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2005
Embattled Egyptian women’s rights activist Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī launched her campaign at the Dutch parliament in The Hague amidst a crowd of journalists and reporters.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 3, 2005
I don’t know exactly how the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, has felt when he received in his office the detailed scenario of what should be done by the Azhar culamā’ and mosque imāms appointed by the Ministry of Awqāf [endowments] in support of President Husnī Mubārak in...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 2, 2005 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2005
A book called Hayāt Muhammad [The Life of Mohammed], allegedly written by Revd. George Bush, the great grandfather of the incumbent US president, has caused a commotion in religious and popular circles, especially after the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has reportedly taken a final decision...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2005
Changes in the selection criteria for AWR.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2005
Zaynab, a student at the University of Hilwān, was subjected to a process of brainwash. She converted to Christianity for 188 days before she returned to her family and religion.