Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6 witnessed a peculiar exhibition amidst the drama unfolding in Tahrir Square. Christian Egyptians publically conducted a prayer service, honoring their fallen co-demonstrators who have died in the effort to topple the Mubarak government. Calling them ‘martyrs’, as is common...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2011
During the second week of the protests in Egypt rumors spread through the Internet that Ambassador Muhammad Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, official spokesman for the Azhar, had submitted his resignation to Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imām of the Azhar.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2011
As Egyptian opposition protests enter their third day, some leaders in the Coptic Orthodox Church are urging their members not to participate, which has caused a reaction by some Christians who feel the church should be involved...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2010
Rāmī Rushdī wrote that the U.S. State Department's report on Religious Freedom in Egypt as usual had many accusations; the Azhar issued a declaration to respond to this report.
Ahmad al-Tayyib called some political leaders in the country to contribute in responding to U.S. report and he called...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2011
On Wednesday, al-Maydān published an interview with Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the Grand Imām of the Azhar.
Al-Tayyib said that those who carried out the bombing of the Church of the Two Saints in Alexandria on New Year’s Day are “enemies of the Prophet.”
The interviewer told the Grand Imām that some...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2011
The Grand Imām of the Azhar says that attempts by the West to distort the image of Islam are politically motivated and supported by Zionist media, according to al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī.
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib made his comments to a visiting U.S. delegation from the Council on Foreign Relations.
“There...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2011
Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd reports that scholars attending the preparatory meeting for the Sixth World Forum of Azhar Graduates issued a statement in support of the Azhar’s decision to freeze dialogue with the Vatican.
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy decided to suspend its biannual religious...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2011
Azhar Grand Imām Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib says that apostatizing others is a threat to society, according to Rose al-Yūsuf.
“Takfir and rash accusations of iniquity are the most important phenomenon threatening Islamic society,” said al-Tayyib at a meeting for the Sixth World Forum of Azhar graduates...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 24, 2011
The Azhar will soon reverse its decision to suspend religious dialogue with the Vatican, according to al-Dustūr.
“Informed sources” told the newspaper that mediation efforts between the two parties are underway. They added that the Azhar is not expecting an apology so much as “positive...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 24, 2011
In her article Manāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīz claims that recent Muslim-Christian tension in Egypt is the result of deteriorating social, economic, and political conditions.
She wonders whether recent attacks on Copts really are the result of hidden religious hatreds or if they instead reflect a “deep sense...