Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 4, 2011
For the first time the Azhar's Grand Shaykh, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, met with Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī' at the Azhar headquarters on May 3, 2011.
During the meeting, Tayīb said that the MB was never far from the Azhar and that there are common grounds between the two sides...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 4, 2011
In a ground-breaking meeting, leaders of the Azhar and the Muslim Brotherhood agreed on May 3, 2011 to join hands to spread moderate Islam.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb held rare talks in his office in Cairo with Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Badī' over means to unify religious...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2011
The Azhar formed on April 28, 2011 a committee specialized in regulating the work of the top Sunni establishment to review the law in order to guarantee its independence and integrity in selecting a grand shaykh and deputies.
[Reviewer's Note: the article did not specify clearly that the Azhar...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 3, 2011
Cairo's prosecution starts investigating the Kāmīiya Shihātah case after referring it to the Western Cairo Prosecution in light of the various reports about her disappearance [Read original text in Arabic].
In Ākhir Sā'ah magazine, page 12 and 13, May 4, 2011, Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī said that neither...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2011
Hundreds of clerics from Al-Azhar congregated on the Al-Azhar Mosque on 26 April 2011 to demand more independence for their institution and a touch of democracy in it. They chanted slogans against State control of Al-Azhar, and called on the government to give them financial independence. The...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2011
The article talks about the dispersion of extreme ideologies that call for Islamizing the society even by violence.
Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, had announced that the absence of the balanced ideologies of the Azhar was the reason for that.
On the other hand, Minister of...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 17, 2011
On April 16, the Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar al-Tayīb visited a church in ‘Āftīh that was completely rebuilt by the army after having been torched a month ago, due to sectarian clashes between Muslims and Copts.
(Reviewer’s note: News story was also covered in al-Misrī al-Yawm/ p. 3/ April 17, 2011)
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2011
Cairo's prosecution opened investigation into the Kāmīliyā Shihātah case as the prosecution heard Shaykh Abū-Yahyá’s statements against the State Security Agency.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 1, 2011
Arab-West Report, April 1, 2011 Title: Interview with Ibrāhīm al-Huḍaybī (former member of the Muslim Brotherhood and political activist) about the current situation in Egypt
Authors: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Arndt Emmerich and Judit Kuschnitzki
Introduction of Ibrāhīm al-Huḍaybī:
I am Ibrāhīm al-...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2011
Shaykh Jamāl Qutb, a Muslim preacher, believes that Dār al-Iftā' (Ifta House) should be canceled or changing it to be a department affiliated to the Azhar.
He added that all religious institutions should be under the Azhar University.
He severely criticized the former regime and the State Security...