Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 2004
Lecture about the need for understanding between Muslims and Christians. Presented in AWR as background to the lecture in Cairo, July 2004.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2004
Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the head of the Anglican Church of the UK, today begins his visit to Egypt in response to an invitation from both the bishop of the Anglican Church and the Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi. The two-day visit comes in the...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2004
In his attempt to restore the spiritual side of the azan, Minister of Endowments Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq has begun a project intended to unify the voices and times of the azan. This step came after a noticeable increase in the number of mosques which has opened the door to many muezzins [the person...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2004
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi expressed his appreciation and all Muslims’ appreciation of the Azhar as the greatest Islamic reference. In an exclusive statement to Al-Liwaa Al-Islami, Al-Qaradawi denied that the World Union of Muslims Scholars whose creation was announced last month in London would...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2004
The Azhar Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Al-Tantawi denies all the rumors and the accusations that have been targeting the Azhar and trying to stain its reputation. He denied that America or any other foreign power has anything to do with the domestic issue of modernizing and developing its educational...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 2004
This report presents the interviews with nineteen people, 18 Egyptians and one American researcher about the importance of the work of Arab-West Report, people of different backgrounds, Muslims and Christians, clergy and non-clergy, including scholars and human rights lawyers. Christian...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 2004
The fatwa issued by Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi, head of the Union of Muslim Scholars, regarding the duty of killing and kidnapping American civilians in Iraq – considering them to be invaders – caused strong disagreement among the Azharite scholars, each with his own evidence based on Islamic law.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2004
The latest incidents in Iraq are the most obvious evidence of our malady. The nationalists, the fundamentalists would rather call the latest incidents “resistance to occupation.” But the other side of these incidents is the inner illness of this society. This illness made it possible for what is...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2004
The kidnapping of hostages, killing them and displaying their corpses on satellite television are all acts far beyond the rules of legitimate resistance. Instead, they are all criminal acts of terrorism that harm the resistance more than it benefits it. It further distorts the image of Islam and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2004
No Arabic-language film has in recent years caused a controversy as “Baheb Al-Sima” [I Love Cinema]. The film aroused the fury of many even before it was shown in theaters because of its topic [related to religion], and some even suggested that the film be shown to the church for its opinion. But...