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Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2004
The best response is to make no response. That is how quite simply the Islamic Research Institute renounces its responsibility in countering attempts to corrupt the Holy Qur’an. The corrupted Qur’an was posted on the Internet under the name the new “forqan” [Holy Qur’an].
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2004
Al-Usbua received documents that confirmed that eliminating the Azhar institutes comes as part of the plan to Americanize the religious discourse in Egypt and the Arab World. Washington believes that the religious educational curricula instill hatred against all things American. For the U.S. to...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2004
In a lecture held at the Alexandria Sporting Club, the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, and Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of Alexandria, called for the teaching of ethics in schools, in addition to a religious education class that should not be eliminated.
The two religious...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2004
The Egyptian minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq denied reports in an independent Egyptian newspapers claiming the presence of American pressure on Egypt to limit the construction of mosques.
On another level, the Azhar strongly denied what an independent Egyptian...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 5, 2004
Two months ago, the Council of Governors at the Egyptian government issued a decision to stop building new Azharite Institutes, stop building civil mosques and demolish mosques built without license. This caused angry reactions among the Egyptian public. Eighteen deputies at the People’s Assembly,...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2004
It is new for a Christian Egyptian legal researcher to obtain a doctoral degree in Islamic Shari’a. Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi wrote his dissertation in the topic “The rights and duties of non-Muslims in the Islamic state.” In his research, Bebawi intends to respond to those who attack Islam and...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister of Awqaf [endowments], stressed that there is no plan to stop building Azharite institutes or to cancel religious education in Egypt. “These are all rumors, because Azharite education cannot be abolished. It is merely a process of regulating the building of...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2004
After we brought up the issue of stopping building Azharite institutes according a decision by the Council of Governors, we are following up on this issue.
The decision triggered many reactions on all levels from people who reject the decision and doubt its motives by linking it to the so-called...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2004
I think that the Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid did not consult the Grand Imam of the Azhar before making his decision that orders stopping the building of Azharite Institutes and bring some of them under the authority of the Ministry of Education.
The Azhar graduated thousands of renowned scholars...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 12, 2004
In this interview, the Grand Imam of the Azhar expresses his point of view on a variety of issues, at the fore of which comes the so-called Al-Furqan Al-Haq [The True Qur’an]. Other issues discussed in this interview include means to deal with those who offend Islam, the beheading of hostages, and...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.