Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2007
Vatican sources announced yesterday that the expected meeting between the Shaykh of the Azhar and Vatican pope has been cancelled.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2007
Muftī of Egypt ‘Alī Jum‘ah said that he supports dialogue with hardliners because it could help reduce terrorist attacks. However, he insisted that those who continue with violent actions must be dealt with accordingly.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2007
The following lines present the first book of a series entitled, ‘Al-Fadā’il al-Masīhīyah al-Islāmīyah’ [Muslim Christian Virtues].
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2007
The University of Osnabruek will introduce a new section for Islamic education, for the first time in the history of German universities.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2007
The British government plans to pass laws that would allow schools to prevent schoolgirls from wearing the niqāb for security reasons and ensure the safety of the educational process.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 14, 2007
The Education Secretary Alan Johnson has caused a great deal of controversy by announcing a new policy that allows head teachers to ban schoolchildren from wearing a niqāb.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 25, 2007
The chief electoral officer in Quebec has decided to ban Muslim women who wear the niqāb from voting in the legislative elections.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2007
Following a televised interview in which Pope Shenouda criticized the organizers of the reform conference, many angry reactions were reported. Pope Shenouda stresses that any request for reform in the church will be taken into consideration if the specific issues are clearly identified.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2007
Pope Shenouda denies any personal conflict with George Habīb Bibāwī and asserts that Bibāwī abandoned the Coptic Orthodox Church when he joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1984.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 14, 2007
Pope Shenouda asserted that there is no division within the church and denied being a dictator, proclaiming that he disseminated the people’s right to choose their priest, bishop, and archbishop when he assumed the office of pope.