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    Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....  
The article reviews recent sentences that key members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement have received that reflect the ongoing security drive over the group.
A hijāb-clad student of the Azhar University has refused to shake hands with the head of the university on the basis that it is harām for men and women to shake hands.
The author criticizes Muslim extremists who embarrass people by refusing to shake their hands because of their belief that shaking hands with the opposite sex is religiously prohibited.
The article reports on the statements of Dr. Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, who denied that he has ousted Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, Muftī of Egypt, from the committees of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
The press review detects the ongoing discussions in Egyptian press on the chaos of Fatwás, especially the reactions to the recent Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah who refused to consider the Egyptian young men who drowned on the Italian cost to be martyrs.
The Azhar University Chancellor denies news published in al-Miṣrī al-Yawm and threatens to sue the newspaper if a retraction is not published.
The chancellor of the Azhar University is expected to participate in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and the chief rabbi of Israel at the International meeting for peace.
Muḥammad Nūr gauges the opinions of Muslim scholars on the decision of the Azhar to dismiss Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Aṭiyyah for releasing a Fatwá demanding that female workers breastfeed their male colleagues.
The article reports on the statements of members of the Islamic Research Academy about the group of Muslims calling themselves the ‘Qur’anis’ who consider the Qur’ān to be the sole source of legislation in Islam and deny the authenticity of the Prophetic Sunnah.

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