Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2001 to الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2001
A lawyer raised a case to prevent the film "To make God love you"
from being shown because the word "God" in the title was associated with a picture of a young man and two girls in
an improper position. He tried to obtain a fatwa to support his legal case, by sending a complaint with the case...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 5, 2001
Introducing website and search program linked to RNSAW’s database. Media attention for RNSAW work.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 25, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradwi, the head of the European Fatwa Council, said that the Islamic Research Center did not acknowledge him. But the former rector of the Azhar, Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi and Dr. Mustafa Al-Shoka’a denied this and stressed that Al-Qaradawi is a great scholar and that there was no...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2001
The news of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the talk of the day in Egypt. I have not interviewed any people but just took notes when people were speaking about the attacks. These notes are given here.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 30, 2006
The Azhar has agreed in principle on the new amendment that allows the Egyptian judiciary to sue those who scorn religion abroad.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2006
In an interview with al-Qāhira, scriptwriter Fāyiz Ghālī speaks out on his upcoming movie on the life of Jesus Christ.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 31, 2006
Some Muslim scholars suspect the real aims of the religious satellites. They reject the extremist approach of the channels, believing that they have political purposes.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 2, 2006
The controversial fatwa of the Muftī of the Republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, on the prohibition of full-figure statues has been the subject of heated debate in the Egyptian media recently.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 3, 2006
The author discusses relations between Muslim nations and the West on an equal basis through mutual respect of both parties’ beliefs and faiths. He also refers to the different impact that religion has in the East versus the West.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 2, 2006
Contrary to the expectations of many, the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has apologized for not participating in the newly-formed Interfaith Dialogue Committee affiliated with the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy.