Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2005
The Azhar has rejected a book, taught at the American University in Cairo, after it was found to contain many insults to Islam.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 2005
Natural disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes and famines are not God’s revenge on the people of the world, Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī said.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2005
The Azhar has decided to ban a book on Islam taught at the American University in Cairo. The book, entitled "Wahabist Islam” is considered an attack Islam, contesting the validity of the Holy Qur’ān.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2005
The Episcopal Church of Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa will hold its annual meeting next week in Cairo and al-‘Ayn al-Sukhna with the participation of Muslim and Christian clergy.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 17, 2005
The Ministry of Awqāf [Endowments] held yesterday a national unity Iftār with the participation of the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2005
The author argues that it is not the right time to reconsider law 103 of 1961, which grants the president the right to appoint a shaykh of the Azhar.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2005 to الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2005
The Azhar’s dā‘iyas are now asked to take tests at the foreign embassies before being granted their visas to travel to the West.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 14, 2005
In reaction to the U.S. refusal to grant Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hamīd al-Atrash access to the United States, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwi, gave instructions not to allow the Religious Freedom Commission of the U.S. Department of State to enter the shaykhdom of the Azhar.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2005
The author argues that the American embassy in Cairo has been interfering in Egypt’s internal affairs for years, and a few days ago, denied the head of the Fatwa Committee at the Azhar access to the United States.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 10, 2005
Men from the Azhar and Copts for the first time played a role in the voting by announcing support for certain candidates.