Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2006
Dr. Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī, the grand Imām of the Azhar, comments on a series of articles entitled, ’The Perils of a Religious State,’ by Dr. Jabir ‘Aṣfūr, published by al-Ahram, starting on January 15, 2006.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 1, 2007
Iqbāl al-Sa‘dāwī discusses the Ḥadd of Riddah and when it should be applied in Islām.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2007
In an interview with al-Wafd, Dr. Jamāl Rajab Sīdbī, a professor of Islamic philosophy at Suez Canal University who is also an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, in Nizwa, Oman, discusses the recent escalation in tensions between Islām and the West.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2007
Sanā’ al- Sa‘īd interviews Pope Shenouda to discuss the principles of dialogue among civilizations and religions.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2007
Talking about censorship and freedom of thought, the writer argues that Islām is the religion of freedom as it calls for it before secular communities. It is manifested as the Muslims in the past did not know any inspection courts of nowadays.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2006
In a series of articles published by al-Ahrām
newspaper, Dr. Ahmad al-
Tayyib, the president of the Azhar University, analyses Pope Benedict
XVI’s speech of September 12,
2006.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 2006
The author of
the
article argues that interfaith dialogue is not the solution for followers of different religions to overcome
fanaticism,
but rather that co-existence and respecting different beliefs are required.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 20, 2006
Islam promotes and celebrates diversity of mankind. had God
wanted all people to believe in one
religion, He would have made it so.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and
the Prophet
Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim
intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim
scholars...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 27, 2006
Egyptian newspapers present mixed reactions to Pope Benedict’s "apology" for comments he made earlier
this
month on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. In light of the already tense atmosphere in the Muslim world,
a Berlin
opera company canceled Mozart’s ’Idomeneo’ for fear of protest over...