Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2004
Muslims in the West have reached 40% of the total Muslim population forming 1.5 billion of world population. They have become politically, economically and socially influential in all societies they live in. In addition, they play a major role in correcting the image of Islam.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 4, 2004 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2004
Journalist Sekina Fouad has written in Al-Ahram on November 25, 2004 that “Thank God that the Grand Imam of the Azhar has said catching locusts with the aim of eating them is not a must but rather an optional because I did not want to miss a duty after the fatwa committee called for catching and...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2004
Thank God that the Grand Imam of the Azhar has said catching locusts with the aim of eating them is not a must but rather an option because I did not want to miss a duty. I hope I did not miss any of his fatwas, in case there was any, concerning highly serious issues related to nutritional security...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2004
Amr Khaled, the well-known da’iya [a man who call for Islam,] has succeeded the banned Omar Abd Al-Kafi on the preaching pulpit of the Al-Seid club mosque and soon afterwards became very popular.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2004
Grand Imam of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi said the circulation of that alleged book of The True Furqan [a variant name for the Qur’an] is prohibited from a shari’a [Islamic law] point of view specially after it turned out to be a corrupt version of the Qur’an.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2004
The question might imply disturbing implications, but does Egypt really need the post of the Grand Imam of the Azhar?
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2004
On the occasion of the anniversary of Pope Shenouda’s enthronement in the 14th of November, we congratulate His Holiness and ourselves for the [spiritual] prosperity we’re witnessing in his time.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2002
Citations from articles published in the Western press and from statements by American Christian men of religion expressing hostility against Islam. The author calls upon the Azhar and Arab media to defend the “threatened Islam.”
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2002
The Sheikh of the Azhar declared rejection of any American intervention in the educational syllabuses of the Azhar. The Parliamentary Committee of Religious Affairs received a governmental official assurances that there is not any American interference in the syllabuses of the Azhar.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2002 to الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar believes that the best, Islamic way to deal with banks is deputyship, i.e. to authorize the bank to invest one´s money, especially if he has no time or experience in trade and investment.