Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2006
Muhammad Khalīl
interviewed the Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, about recent offences against
Islam, the Ḥijāb, Muslim-Christian dialogue and the Shī‘ah.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2006
The author interviewed a Japanese Buddhist researcher who is preparing her PhD thesis on contemporary Islamic fatwás.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2006
This article discusses the advice and guidance sessions that used to be held when Christian girls made a decision to convert to Islam and marry Muslim men. Although these sessions were not perfect, they defused many of the heated issues surrounding such conversions.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2006
The author defends the silence of the
Evangelical church over the remarks of Pope Benedict ?V? about Islām, for he believes that the People’s
Assembly is the only body that can condemn this on behalf of the Egyptian people.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2006
An interview with the Minister of Awqāf in order to get comments on recent demonstrations at the
Azhar..
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2006
Safā’ Mustafá
warns about the spread of new private Islamic institutes which are not supervised by either the Azhar or the
Ministry of Awqāf. She believes that these could promote false teachings of Islām with their emphasis
on less educated preachers.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2006
Security forces
confiscated a book containing offense against Islām on the orders of the Azhar and the author threatened to go to
court.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2006
The review deals with the various reactions on al-Ghad weekly supplement entitled “the worst ten figures in Islamic history. Muslim scholars and intellectuals’ opinions are displayed, together with al-Ghad members and leaders’ opinions.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2006
Egyptian police confiscate a book allegedly upon the Azhar’s request. The book criticizes "modern
shaykhs" and supports woman’s leadership in prayers.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...