Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 23, 2010
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imām of the Azhar, has held a closed meeting with his counselors, the main topic of which was the issue of the portrayal of the Prophet's companions and wives in dramatic works.
The meeting decided that a serious study of the matter should be made, with the Azhar...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 22, 2010
Headline: Extremist Jews Curse the Prophet Muhammad in Occupied Jerusalem
Source: Al-Dustūr
Pages: 1
Author: Ahmad Sulaymān
Keywords: Muhammad
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Headline: Somalia's Youth Movement and Islamic Party Unite in One Armed Group
Source: Al-Sharq al-Awsat
Pages: 14...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
The Grand Imām, Dr. Ahmad al-Ṭayyib, yesterday received Shaykh Hamzah Aktan, Head of the Supreme Council for Religious Affairs in Turkey, who is currently visiting Egypt.
Among the matters they discussed was the Azhar's call for a meeting of Sunnī scholars in preparation for a dialogue meeting...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2010
A number of Azhar scholars have rejected an Egyptian gas company’s plan to export gas to Israel over 20 years.
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, the former Grand Muftī of Egypt, told al-Dustūr that exporting gas to Israel is a sin according to Sharī‘ah, so long as it continues its aggression and usurpation of...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 19, 2010
Headline: Azhar Scholars Committee to Inspect the Qur’ān that Contains Mistakes
Source: al-Wafd
Pages: 1
Author: Wafā’ Sulaymān
Keywords: Qur’ān, the Azhar
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Headline: Vatican Calls for End to Harassment of Christians
Source: Watanī
Pages: 1
Author: Not...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2010
Headline: Islamist Lawyers Introduce Pope as Adversary in Kāmīliyā Shihātah Case, Ask that Ministry of Interior Bring her to Testify
Source: Sawt al-Ummah
Page: 13
Author: ‘Antar ‘Abd al-Latīf
Keywords: Pope Shenouda III, conversion
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Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2010
Fātin discusses an incident between the Azhar and the Egyptian government where the Azhar issued a request for the state to pay for the medical treatment of former Azhar University president Dr. Ahmad ‘Amr Hāshim, who is currently a member of the Azhar's Islamic Research Academy.
Various Azhar...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2010
The Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church have recently finished writing reviews on education curriculum, as requested by the Egyptian Ministry of Education.
Head of the Center for Educational Evaluation and Examination, Dr. Salāh ‘Arafah, said that both entities agreed on developing various...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2010
This is the second part of a review of the Azhar, which is described as a "sleeping giant." It consists solely of an interview with Shaykh Jamāl Qutb, the former Secretary General of the Azhar fatwá committee.
Qutb says that the Azhar currently needs sound direction and alleges that successive...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2010
Nine hundred imāms and orators are expected to be assigned by the Ministry of Endowments. Egypt’s Minister of Endowments, Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, stressed the serious and strict measures that are to be applied in the tests.
3500 of this year's graduates of the Azhar religious faculties had applied...