Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2007
Sulaymān Shafīq raises a number of notes on the issue of the renewal of religious discourse – in both the church and the Azhar – in light of the daily controversy over the conversion from one religion to another. Shafīq believes that men of religion should be studying worldly sciences alongside...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 31, 2007
The following presents a report on poverty in Egypt, and specifically how this issue is being addressed by the Coptic Orthodox Church in an attempt to alleviate the suffering of Egyptians.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2005
The religious establishment in Egypt is composed of four main branches: the Azhar, the Azhar University, the Ministry of Endowments, and the Dar al-Iftā’. They are independent institutions that are loyal to the state.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 9, 2005
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, as well as the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, attend the inaugural ceremony of the first Muslim-Christian dialogue conference under the auspices of...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2007
Some churches in Western countries send missions to poor Islamic countries in what appears to be a merciful act but they are actually taking advantage of and abusing these societies in order to Christianize them.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2007
Azhar scholars have condemned the attack on the Egyptian Shaykh Muḥammad al-Salāmūnī, an Imām at the Islamic Centre in London, carried out by an Irish extremist.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 28, 2007
The Azhar, the Egyptian and the Saudi embassies in London have failed in appropriately dealing with the tragedy of Shaykh Muḥammad al-Salamūnī and did not take advantage of it as a chance to respond to the allegation that Muslims are the cause of extremism.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2007
The article reports on the statements of members of the Islamic Research Academy about the group of Muslims calling themselves the ‘Qur’anis’ who consider the Qur’ān to be the sole source of legislation in Islam and deny the authenticity of the Prophetic Sunnah.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2007 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 31, 2007
Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī calls for debates between the Azhar scholars who are assigned to censor literary and artistic publications, as well as the authors of the works in question, to achieve more clarity in their judgment and put restrictions on the banning of books.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2007
Following the amendments to the Constitution to prevent political activity on a religious basis, the author questions the implementation of this new law.