Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2000
Marriage between a Muslim man and a Christian or a Jewish woman is allowed in Islamic countries while the opposite is not allowed. The author argues that if Muslims consider Christians people of the book, a Christian man should have the right to marry a Muslim woman. However, if they are...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2000
The General Secretary of the Azhar scholars’ Front sent a letter to Al-Usboa to explain what he really meant by his article which is said was meant to criticize the Grand Imam. He said that he meant to criticize the lady who interviewed the Grand Imam and not the Grand Sheikh himself.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2000
A few months ago, the Grand Imam filed a lawsuit against the General Secretary of the Azhar Scholars’ Front because the latter wrote an article which the former believed was meant to criticize him. The president of the court asked for a reconciliation between them because both are great scholars...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2000
The Council of the Suez Canal University agreed to nominate the Grand Imam for the King Faisal International Award for the year 2002 and as an appreciation for his great efforts in serving the Islamic cases all over the world.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2000
It is something ordinary to have a Ramadan tent in an expensive hotel. The surprise of this Ramadan is a new kind of tents, an Islamic tent that is called Al-Iman [faith]. Instead of presenting artistic numbers, the host presents handsome preachers. The guests of honor are the President of the...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2000
In a meeting of Islamic intellectuals, the Minister of Awqaf said that worshipping is more than the performance of religious rites. The Mufti promoted the idea of a Common Arabic and Islamic Market. He declared that importing any commodity that has an alternative in our Islamic and Arabic markets...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2000 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 2000
Some extremists attacked Sheikh Abdel Hamed Bekhit, teaching at the Faculty of Religious Fundamentals [Usul el-Din], because he issued a fatwa that allows students who have troubles in concentrating on their exams because of the fasting to break their fast. The fatwa was strongly opposed by...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2000
The author criticizes the Sheikh of the Azhar because he spoke highly of the book "Islam and the gardens of the devil" by the editor-in-chief of Rose El-Youssef. He believes that the book contains Western and non-religious ideas. It speaks of Heavenly Religions, as if God has many religions and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2000
Sheikh Fawzy Al-Zafzaf, the head of the Inter-Religious Dialogue Committee of the Azhar received the delegation of the Austrian Committee of Permanent Dialogue. The delegation asked many questions about women’s rights in Islam, especially that of Christian women who were divorced from their Muslim...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2000
Religious extremists started campaigning against Rose Al-Youssef because it published a series of taped interviews with them which unleashed their thoughts, methods and goals. Yasser Al-Serri felt cornered after the magazine revealed the unimportance of his role, and how flat his ideas are. Sheikh...