Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 14, 2000
The author of this article expresses his disappointment concerning a book, that has been written by the Sheikh of the Azhar and some rabbis, about peace among religions. He is of opinion that this book is another kind of Zionist penetration of the Azhar. Besides, he exposed the view point of Dr....
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2000
The evening of last Thursday was an evening of strong national feelings. On that evening the heads of Islam and Christianity were gathering in the Marqosia church to celebrate the anniversary of the coming of the Holy Family to Egypt. The Grand Imam of the Azhar and Pope Shenouda III, who were...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 2, 2000
Akher Sa’a ran an interview with the new undersecretary of the Azhar, Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour. He said that the task of the undersecretary of the Azhar, according to the law, is to act on behalf of Sheikh of the Azhar during his absence, to assist him in his tasks and to carry out the missions...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2000
Seven years ago, Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin attacked Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid and now he finds himself accused because of his book "My Father Adam". Al-Midan asked him about the reality of his criticism of the Ministry of Endowments, the criticism of Dr. Beltagi about his book "My Father Adam", and...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2000
Counselor Mohammed Arafa, the head of the Technical Office of the General Prosecutor, declared that Dr. Yehia Ismail confessed that he wrote, in Al-Shaab of March 17, an article entitled "The Egyptian Khula is an American Product". In this article he uses many words and sentences that insult the...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel Wahid, Public Prosecutor, agreed to refer the case Dr. Yehia Ismail Habloush, Professor of the College of Religious Origins [’Usul el-Din] at the Azhar University, to the criminal courts, after being accused of insulting and slandering the Sheikh of the Azhar.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2000
Dr. Mohammed Said Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, decreed that womb transplant is allowed as long the operation does not involve transplanting the womb to a woman who is related to the donor. Dr. Muhammed Bakr Isma’il, Chairman of the Department for Shari’a Law at the Azhar University, supports the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2000
Sheikh Ali Abu Al-Hassan, the head of the Fatwa Committee in the Azhar, confirmed that the Azhar refuses the idea of unifying religions because it does not go along with the principles and the teachings of Islam. Islam acknowledges only one religion and one creed that is the creed of unity [...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 2000
After a long introduction, the author moves to discuss the main point of his article, that is the absence of the Azhar role in the capital of culture and enlightenment, that is Paris and the international role it has to play.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2000
The Grand Imam of the Azhar has filed a complaint to the Minister of Information because the main channels of television ignored the commemoration of sheikh Metwalli Al-Sha’arawy. In addition, the Mufti of Egypt expressed his opinion that Miss Egypt and similar [beauty] competitions, and also...